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western redbud

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
west-ern red-bud
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large shrub or small tree of the western US, Cercis occidentalis, sometimes grown for its bright pink or magenta spring flowers and formerly used by the Indians to make baskets.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

western redbuds (plural)

Synonyms

California redbud cercis occidentalis

Questions

What does western redbud mean?
A large shrub or small tree of the western US, Cercis occidentalis, sometimes grown for its bright pink or magenta spring flowers and formerly used by the Indians to make baskets.

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