Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finger cherry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: fin-ger cher-ry
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa, a tropical evergreen tree, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia and New Guinea.

noun

The elongated, bright-red edible fruit of this tree.

Inflected Forms

finger cherries (plural)

Synonyms

Cooktown loquat finger berry native loquat wannakai

Questions

What does finger cherry mean?: Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa, a tropical evergreen tree, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia and New Guinea.

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