Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steeplebush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: steeple-bush
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.

Uncountable

noun

A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.

Uncountable

noun

A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They passed many species they had already collected for the Millennium project — maple-leaved vibernum, steeplebush with spiky stalks of tiny pink flowers, black birch — as well as a particularly impressive specimen of that quintessential Staten Island forest dweller, Automobilius burnedouticus."

Etymology

From steeple + bush.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

steeplebushes (plural)

Synonyms

hardhack rose spirea Douglas spirea Menzies' spirea hardhack steeplebush

Questions

What does steeplebush mean?: A plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.
Where does steeplebush come from?: From steeple + bush.

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