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PRONUNCIATION OF LEDUM

ledum  [ˈliːdəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEDUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ledum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEDUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ledum

Rhododendron subsect. Ledum

Ledum was a genus in the family Ericaceae, including 8 species of evergreen shrubs native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and commonly known as Labrador Tea. It is now recognised as a subsection of section Rhododendron, subgenus Rhododendron, of the genus Rhododendron.

Definition of ledum in the English dictionary

The definition of ledum in the dictionary is any of various evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum, which are native to temperate and subarctic areas of the northern hemisphere.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEDUM


babudom
ˈbɑːbuːdəm
boredom
ˈbɔːdəm
czardom
ˈzɑːdəm
dirdum
ˈdɜːdəm
Edom
ˈiːdəm
freedom
ˈfriːdəm
gurudom
ˈɡʊruːdəm
overfreedom
ˌəʊvəˈfriːdəm
sedum
ˈsiːdəm
shahdom
ˈʃɑːdəm
stardom
ˈstɑːdəm
superstardom
ˌsuːpəˈstɑːdəm
tsardom
ˈzɑːdəm
tzardom
ˈzɑːdəm
unfreedom
ʌnˈfriːdəm
whoredom
ˈhɔːdəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEDUM

led
LED display
Led Zeppelin
Leda
ledden
Lederberg
lederhosen
ledge
ledged
ledger
ledger board
ledger line
ledgy
lee
lee wave
leeboard
leech
leechcraft
leechdom
leechlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEDUM

ad referendum
addendum
agendum
Carborundum
corrigendum
corundum
credendum
cundum
dumdum
Lindum
memorandum
nil desperandum
papadum
pudendum
quod erat demonstrandum
reductio ad absurdum
referendum
secundum
solidum
videndum

Synonyms and antonyms of ledum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ledum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEDUM

Find out the translation of ledum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ledum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ledum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杜香
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ledum
570 millions of speakers

English

ledum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ledum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ledum
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

багульник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ledum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ledum
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ledum
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ledum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ledum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リーダム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ledum
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhewek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ledum
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ledum
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिग्दर्शन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ledum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ledum
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ledum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ledum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ledum
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ledum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ledum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ledum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ledum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEDUM»

The term «ledum» is regularly used and occupies the 87.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEDUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ledum» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ledum» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ledum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEDUM»

Discover the use of ledum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ledum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Comparative Study on Kent's Materia Medica
But LEDUM comes in very often as a preventive medicine. It is a preventive medicine when an accident hapens to the ends of the fingers, if a patient steps on a nail or tack or sticks a splinter under a finger nail or into the foot. If a horse picks up ...
A. Gaskin, 1998
2
North American Cornucopia: Top 100 Indigenous Food Plants
Composition of the essential oil of Ledum groenlandicum. Phytochemistry 33: 117–121. Dalgaard, V., and Fredskild, B. 1993. ×Ledodendron vanhoeffeni (syn.: Rhododendron vanhoeffeni) refound in Greenland. Nord. J. Bot. 13: 253–255.
Ernest Small, 2013
3
The Bradley Bibliography: Dendrology. 1911-12
Ledum groenlandicum: Drapiez, [Auguste]. [Ledum latifolium.] (In his Hcrbier de l' amateur ... II. 77, pi. 1829.) — Audubon, J. J. [Ledum groenlandicum.] (In his Birds of America, II. pi. 191. 1831-34.) — Oris, Arthur. [Ledum canadensc.] (Ann. Sci.
Charles Sprague Sargent, 1912
4
The Medical Visitor
Lingering sore, bruised places on bones, in joints and upon cartilages, But ledum comes in very often as a preventive medicine. It is a preventive medicine when an accident happens to the ends of the fingers, if somebody steps on a nail or ...
Temple Stroughton Hoyne, 1903
5
The Philadelphia Journal of Homœopathy
LEDUM PALUSTRE. COMPILED FROM DR. KAsPAR's LECTURES, BY CARROLL DUNHAM, M.D. Ledum ranks next to Colchicum in its action on the serous, fibrous, and mucous membranes. Its action is more powerful than that of Colchicum ...
‎1853
6
North American Flora
Type species, Ledum palustre L. Leaf -blades tomentose beneath, strongly revolute. Stamens 5-7; capsules mostly oblong. 1. L. groenlandicum. Stamens 10 ; capsules oval to ovoid or obovoid. Style several times longer than the ovary; ...
‎1914
7
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Ledum palustre. Wild Rosemary. Marsh Cistus. Marsh Tea. Labrador Tea. N. 0. Ericaceae. Tincture of dried small twigs and leaves collected after flowering begins. Tincture of whole fresh plant. Clinical. — Ascites. Asthma. Bites. Black- eye.
John Henry Clarke, 1902
8
Materia medica pura
LEDUM.1 {Marsh Tea.) (The twigs of Ledum palustre, quickly dried and powdered, macerated in twenty parts, by weight, of alcohol, to form a tincture.) The subjoined symptoms, though they are by no means all that might be elicited by proving ...
‎1881
9
Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and ...
LEIOPHY'LLUM Pert. «. The Leiophylltjm. 1078.1154 Ammyrsine Pursh. Fischer* Sirnrtx. Ledum buxjfAtium Berg. I. <hymifolium Per), n. North America fig. 965. 11M The Thyme-leaved Leiophyllum. Ledum buxtfdlium Berg. Ledum tAymtfolinm ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1838
10
Northern Rocky Mountain Trees and Shrubs
The leaves of Ledum contain a volatile oil with narcotic properties, sometimes used medicinally and in Europe in the brewing of beer. The leaves of Ledum groenlandicum are said to have been used during the War of Independence as a  ...
Joseph Edward Kirkwood, 1930

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEDUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ledum is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Group condemns calls for violence in N'Delta
The likes of Ankio Briggs, Asari-Dokubo, Opunabo Nko'Tariah, Ledum Mitee, Edwin Clark and so on were always on television telling ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
2
EITI Tasks Buhari On Oil Production, Revenue Transparency
Chairman of NEITI Board, Ledum Mitee, said the Fiscal Allocation and Statutory Disbursement Audit report in 2014 had revealed that between ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
3
We'll act on NEITI reports, Buhari assures
For his part, Chairman of NEITI, Ledum Mitee appealed to the government to overhaul the Inter -Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) set up to ... «Daily Sun, Jun 15»
4
Extractive Industry Reforms: NEITI Urges Government To Implement …
NEITI Chairman, Mr Mitee Ledum, decried the non-implementation of the audit reports and recommendations to reform the extractive industries. «CHANNELS TELEVISION, Jun 15»
5
Roads washed away after eight-day rain in Arunachal
Heavy showers also submerged low-lying areas and disrupted road communication along the Pasighat-Ledum-Tene road in Pasighat and ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
6
Petroleum Ministry: Nigerians Back Buhari's Move To Take Over Job
Many of them, including the former President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, Mr. Ledum Mitee, as well as former ... «P.M. News, Jun 15»
7
Memorial Day: Fallen Delawareans
Lathbury, Forrest B. Layfield, Reginald M. Leahy, Leo E. LeCates, Reuben H. Ledum, John L. Lee, Merrill N. Lee, Robert E. Leedom, Ormal C. «The News Journal, May 15»
8
Would Niger Delta be a challenge for Nigeria's Buhari?
But Ledum Mitee, a renowned Niger Delta activist and chairman of the Niger Delta Technical Committee that recommended the amnesty ... «Journal of Turkish Weekly, May 15»
9
How Chinese& Indian Firms Illegally Mine Nigeria's Solid Minerals
According to Mr. Ledum Mitee, Chairman of the National ... Ledum Mitee, several illegal artisanal operations in Nigeria's solid mineral sector ... «Nigerian Bulletin, May 15»
10
Adegboruwa: 50 garlands for 'peoples
He appeared on behalf of Gani Fawehinmi, at the Tribunal constituted to try Ken Saro Wiwa, Ledum Mitee and other Ogoni activists in Port ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Apr 15»

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