Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mahonia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: ma-ho-nia
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Mahonia (now often included in Berberis) of evergreen shrubs.

Example Sentences

"Winter-blooming mahonias, or grape hollies, are catching on: Charity has fragrant yellow flowers."

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

mahonias (plural)

Questions

What does mahonia mean?: Any of the genus Mahonia (now often included in Berberis) of evergreen shrubs.
Where does mahonia come from?: From the genus name.

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