Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snottygobble

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snot-ty-gob-ble
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant of the genus Persoonia.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"2001, Society for Growing Australian Plants, Australian Plants, Volume 21, Issue 166 - Volume 22, Issue 181, page 62, Similarly, residents of Perth are likely to recognise the sickle-shaped leaves of their commonest snottygobble, Persoonia longifolia."
"I can vouch for this technique, as my colleagues and I used it to sample the apparently odorless flowers of snottygobble bushes (Persoonia) in Australia."
"Jeffrey espies a ripe snottygobble tree that hasn't been raided yet."
"2011, Gavin Wright, Cycling For Dummies, Australian & New Zealand Edition, unnumbered page, These forests are ancient, with many tree species limited to this region of Australia. This is the home of the stately jarrah and the graceful snottygobble."

Etymology

A borrowing from the British dialect of Bedfordshire where it referred to the fruit of the yew tree. By surface analysis, snotty + gobble.

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

snottygobbles (plural)

Synonyms

geebung persoonia

Questions

What does snottygobble mean?: A plant of the genus Persoonia.
Where does snottygobble come from?: A borrowing from the British dialect of Bedfordshire where it referred to the fruit of the yew tree. By surface analysis, snotty + gobble.

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