Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chicken of the woods

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: chick-en of the -woods
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any edible mushroom of the Laetiporus genus.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From its chicken-like taste and woodland habitat.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chickens of the woods (plural)

Questions

What does chicken of the woods mean?: Any edible mushroom of the Laetiporus genus.
Where does chicken of the woods come from?: From its chicken-like taste and woodland habitat.

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