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chamise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chamise
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum, in the botanical family Rosaceae

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Spanish chamiza.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

chamises (plural) chamisal (alternative, dated)

Synonyms

greasewood

Questions

What does chamise mean?
An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum, in the botanical family Rosaceae
Where does chamise come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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