Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prickly heath

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: prick-ly heath
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shrub, Gaultheria mucronata, native to southern South America.

noun

A shrub, Leptecophylla juniperina, native to Australia and New Zealand.

Inflected Forms

prickly heaths (plural)

Questions

What does prickly heath mean?: A shrub, Gaultheria mucronata, native to southern South America.

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