Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purpleheart

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
pur-ple-heart
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies

Countable

noun

The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From purple + heart.

Usage

Inflected Forms

purplehearts (plural)

Synonyms

purplewood

Questions

What does purpleheart mean?
A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies
Where does purpleheart come from?
From purple + heart.

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