Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweetshrub

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sweet-shrub
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deciduous flowering plant of the genus Calycanthus with aromatic bark and flowers.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"To screen out the houses, Mr. Darke and Ms. Zoehrer have planted cedars and katsura trees, sweetshrub and shadbush, and turned their gaze inward, to the garden of their own making."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus Proto-Germanic *swōtuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *swōtī Old English swēte Middle English swete English sweet English shrub English sweetshrub From sweet + shrub, named for the pleasant aroma of the entire plant.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

sweetshrubs (plural)

Questions

What does sweetshrub mean?: A deciduous flowering plant of the genus Calycanthus with aromatic bark and flowers.
Where does sweetshrub come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus Proto-Germanic *swōtuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *swōtī Old English swēte Middle English swete English sweet English shrub English sweetshrub From sweet + shrub, named for the pleasant aroma of the entire plant.

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