Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muttonwood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mut-ton-wood
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of plants of the genus Myrsine.

Uncountable

noun

A Central American plant of the species Turpinia occidentalis.

Uncountable

Etymology

From mutton + wood.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

muttonwoods (plural)

Questions

What does muttonwood mean?: Any of a number of plants of the genus Myrsine.
Where does muttonwood come from?: From mutton + wood.

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