Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purple wiregrass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: pur-ple wire-grass
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of grass native to Australia (Aristida ramosa)

Example Sentences

"On the flank of the rise the African buffel grass gave way to bare patches of red gravel between thin strands of sandalwood and bendee, spiky tussocks of purple wiregrass and buck spinifex."

Inflected Forms

purple wiregrasses (plural)

Questions

What does purple wiregrass mean?: A species of grass native to Australia (Aristida ramosa)

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