Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parkinsonia aculeata

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: parkin-so-ni-a ac-ulea-ta
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States

Synonyms

Jerusalem thorn horsebean

Questions

What does parkinsonia aculeata mean?: large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States

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