Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lilly-pilly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: lil-ly-pil-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An myrtaceous tree found in Australia (Syzygium smithii) with smooth ovate leaves and panicles of small white flowers.

noun

Any of a number of related trees.

Inflected Forms

lilly-pillies (plural) lillipilli (alternative) lilly pilly (alternative) lillypilly (alternative)

Questions

What does lilly-pilly mean?: An myrtaceous tree found in Australia (Syzygium smithii) with smooth ovate leaves and panicles of small white flowers.

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