Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mountain laurel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: moun-tain lau-rel
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Kalmia latifolia of flowering evergreen shrubs, in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern United States, all parts of which are toxic.

noun

Any member of the species Dermatophyllum secundifolium of flowering shrubs, native to Texas and Mexico.

Inflected Forms

mountain laurels (plural)

Synonyms

calico bush clamoun ivybush lambkill sheep laurel spoonwood california laurel california bay tree oregon myrtle pepperwood spice tree sassafras laurel

Questions

What does mountain laurel mean?: Any member of the species Kalmia latifolia of flowering evergreen shrubs, in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern United States, all parts of which are toxic.

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