Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chuparosa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chu-parosa
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flowering desert shrub, Justicia californica, native to southern California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish chuparrosa (“hummingbird”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: chuparrosa

Inflected Forms

chuparosas (plural)

Questions

What does chuparosa mean?: A flowering desert shrub, Justicia californica, native to southern California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.
Where does chuparosa come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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