Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matorral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-tor-ral
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shrubland, a stunted woodland.

adj

Of, typical found in, or pertaining to a matorral.

Example Sentences

"Other herbaceous species indicative of a matorral association are also present at this time (Aloïsi et al., 1978)."

Etymology

From Spanish matorral.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: matorral

Inflected Forms

matorrals (plural)

Questions

What does matorral mean?: A shrubland, a stunted woodland.
Where does matorral come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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