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yohimbe

noun

yohimbe is spelled Y-O-H-I-M-B-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yohimbe means “An African tree Pausinystalia johimbe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yohimbe is yohimbes.

How many letters and syllables are in yohimbe?

Letters7: Y-O-H-I-M-B-E
In writingabout once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is yohimbe?

Yohimbe appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of yohimbe

  • yohimbes plural
  • yohimba

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does yohimbe mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An African tree Pausinystalia johimbe

  2. 2

    The bark of this tree used as an aphrodisiac

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does yohimbe come from?

By way of French or German, perhaps ultimately from Duala yombwa, the native name for the tree.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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