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oregon grape

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
ore-gon -grape
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An evergreen shrub (Berberis aquifolium, syn. Mahonia aquifolium) native to the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada, having broadly serrated, glossy leaves and clusters of yellow flowers that develop into dark bluish-purple fruits.

Uncountable

noun

Any of various related shrubs of the now often deprecated genus Mahonia.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

Cascade Oregon grape creeping Oregon grape dwarf Oregon grape tall Oregon grape

Synonyms

holly-leaved barberry blue barberry, holly barberry, holly mahonia, mountain-grape oregon holly grape hollygrape mountain grape holly-leaves barberry mahonia aquifolium mahonia nervosa

Questions

What does oregon grape mean?
An evergreen shrub (Berberis aquifolium, syn. Mahonia aquifolium) native to the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada, having broadly serrated, glossy leaves and clusters of yellow flowers that develop into dark bluish-purple fruits.

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