Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: arc-tostaphy-los u-va-ur-si
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn

Synonyms

common bearberry red bearberry wild cranberry mealberry hog cranberry sand berry sandberry mountain box bear's grape creashak

Questions

What does arctostaphylos uva-ursi mean?: evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn

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