gumleaf
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Accipiter cirrocephalus, Collared Sparrowhawk […] In one tree of a belt of Pinus insignis, [a nest] constructed of sticks with gumleaves and pine-needles, lined with fresh gumleaves."
- "Whereas non-Aboriginal Australia projects gumleaf music as a national icon, most Aborigines view it as a 'traditional' cultural activity. Two discrete agendas of cultural symbolism are therefore attached to gumleaf music."
- "'[Koalas] eat gumleaves.' 'Duh!' said Kellee. I waited for her to say something about me eating gumleaves, but I looked up to see Mrs Glover giving her a glare. […] I started again. 'They eat gumleaves. They have to chew them very slowly […]'"
- "Mr Blair and Mr Murphy decided to sleep in the car, and the rest on the gumleaves around the fire. No-one slept very much. The Attorney-General soon relinquished his car for the gumleaves, and gradually the night passed. The city dwellers in the group were gaining a new experience in the west."
- "People don’ really like my room; Mum comes in sometimes an tells me to clean it. But I like the dried gumleaves tied in bunches, the gumnuts linin the windowsill, bird feathers everywhere. […]"
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Phrases
gumleaf katydid