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ribbonwood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rib-bon-wood
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Redshanks, ribbon bush, a plant of species Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ribbon + wood

Usage

Inflected Forms

ribbonwoods (plural)

Synonyms

lacebark houhere hoheria populnea ribbon tree plagianthus regius plagianthus betulinus

Questions

What does ribbonwood mean?
Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus
Where does ribbonwood come from?
From ribbon + wood

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