Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cliffrose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cliffrose
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several shrubs in the former genus Cowania (now part of Purshia) in the family Rosaceae, native to the western US and northern Mexico.

Etymology

From cliff + rose.

Inflected Forms

cliffroses (plural) cliff-rose (alternative) cliff rose (alternative)

Questions

What does cliffrose mean?: Any of several shrubs in the former genus Cowania (now part of Purshia) in the family Rosaceae, native to the western US and northern Mexico.
Where does cliffrose come from?: From cliff + rose.

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