joshua tree
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tree-like yucca, Yucca brevifolia, of the southwestern United States, with spiky leaves.
Example Sentences
- "Joshua trees that were salvaged by hand showed only 4% mortality in the nursery each of the first two years."
- "While the Joshua tree ranges into the Great Basin and Sonoran Deserts. it has become synonymous with the Mojave. There are two different subspecies of Joshua trees: the larger Yucca brevifolia brevifolla, which grows at Joshua Tree National Park, and the more densely branched Yucca brevifolia jaegeriana, found in the park and other areas of the eastern Mojave."
- "It is possible that all Death Valley Joshua trees are the variety Yucca brevifolia jaegeriana."