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king billy pine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
king -bil-ly pine
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of evergreen conifer native to Tasmania, Athrotaxis selaginoides.

Etymology

After William Lanne, popularly known as King Billy. The tree is not a pine, but is in fact in the cypress family.

Inflected Forms

King Billy pines (plural) King William pine (alternative)

Questions

What does king billy pine mean?
A species of evergreen conifer native to Tasmania, Athrotaxis selaginoides.
Where does king billy pine come from?
After William Lanne, popularly known as King Billy. The tree is not a pine, but is in fact in the cypress family.

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