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pride-of-india

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
pride-of-in-dia
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

Synonyms

Queen's crape myrtle Lagerstroemia speciosa chinaberry chinaberry tree china tree persian lilac azederach azedarach melia azederach melia azedarach

Questions

What does pride-of-india mean?
native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

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