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mescal bean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
mescal bean
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The shrubs or small trees of genus Dermatophyllum of the pea family Fabaceae, native to southwestern North America from western Texas to Arizona in the United States and from Chihuahua to Nuevo León in Mexico, that bear toxic beans used in ordeal rituals by native peoples.

Inflected Forms

mescal beans (plural) mescalbean (alternative)

Phrases

Arizona mescalbean Guadalupe mescalbean Texas mescalbean

Synonyms

Calia hot bean coral bean frijolito frijolillo sophora secundiflora

Questions

What does mescal bean mean?
The shrubs or small trees of genus Dermatophyllum of the pea family Fabaceae, native to southwestern North America from western Texas to Arizona in the United States and from Chihuahua to Nuevo León in Mexico, that bear toxic beans used in ordeal rituals by native peoples.

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