sturt's desert pea
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Innovative New York City floral artists such as Emily Thompson have long valued Australian plants, including spiky banksia, spidery Grevillea and Swainsona formosa — also known as Strut’s desert pea,^([sic]) which resembles a multieyed visitor from another galaxy — but local designers were raised to regard native species as mundane and overly rustic."
Etymology
Named after Charles Sturt (1795–1869), British officer and explorer, who recorded seeing large quantities of the flowers while exploring central Australia in 1844.
Inflected Forms
Sturt's desert peas (plural)