Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil's walking stick

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
dev-il's walk-ing -stick
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Oplopanax horridus, a large understory shrub with large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in irritating spines.

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What does devil's walking stick mean?
Aralia spinosa, a woody plant native to eastern North America.

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