Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

callicarpa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cal-li-carpa
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species of genus Callicarpa of shrubs and small trees, the beautyberries.

Example Sentences

"There were callicarpas full of pale lavender berries, which would turn purple in the fall; viburnums and shrub dogwoods; and lacy elderberries juxtaposed against dense evergreens or the large, floppy leaves of an oakleaf hydrangea."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Callicarpa.

Inflected Forms

callicarpas (plural)

Questions

What does callicarpa mean?: Any member of the species of genus Callicarpa of shrubs and small trees, the beautyberries.
Where does callicarpa come from?: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Callicarpa.

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