granary tree
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.57 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tree used by acorn woodpeckers to store acorns.
Example Sentences
- "If the acorn is to be stored rather than eaten, the bird brings it to the granary tree and drives it into a vacant storage hole."
- "One granary tree can have up to 50,000 holes in it, each holding a single acorn. In parts of its range the acorn woodpecker does not construct a granary tree, but instead stores acorns in natural holes and cracks in bark."
- "These three birds are at a “granary tree” or “nut pole,” where there are many stored acorns, but no grain, despite the name."