Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treebeard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: tree-beard
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pendulous branching lichen, Usnea barbata, resembling hair.

Uncountable

noun

Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides.

Uncountable

Etymology

From tree + beard.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tree-beard (alternative)

Questions

What does treebeard mean?: A pendulous branching lichen, Usnea barbata, resembling hair.
Where does treebeard come from?: From tree + beard.

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