Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sicklebush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sick-le-bush
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in other tropical regions.

Example Sentences

"A plum-colored starling whistled from the branches of a flowering baobab, and masked weavers wove nests among the fluffy lavender and yellow lantern flowers in the sicklebush."

Etymology

From sickle + bush.

Inflected Forms

sicklebushes (plural)

Questions

What does sicklebush mean?: A thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in other tropical regions.
Where does sicklebush come from?: From sickle + bush.

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