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red osier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
red osier
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dogwood shrub of species Cornus sericea, native to much of North America, used for basketry.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

red osiers (plural)

Synonyms

red brush red willow redstem dogwood redtwig dogwood red-rood American dogwood creek dogwood western dogwood

Questions

What does red osier mean?
A dogwood shrub of species Cornus sericea, native to much of North America, used for basketry.

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