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camelthorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
camelthorn
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Vachellia erioloba, formerly Acacia erioloba, a tree native to southern Africa.

noun

Alhagi, a genus of shrubs native to northern Africa and Asia Minor.

Etymology

From Dutch kameeldoorn, Afrikaans kameeldoring. Equivalent to camel + thorn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

camelthorns (plural) camel's thorn (alternative)

Questions

What does camelthorn mean?
Vachellia erioloba, formerly Acacia erioloba, a tree native to southern Africa.
Where does camelthorn come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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