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witch's broom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
witch's b-room
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease or deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, such that the natural structure of the plant is changed so that a dense mass of shoots grows from a single point.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

witch's brooms (plural) witches' broom (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

broomstick

Synonyms

witches' besom

Questions

What does witch's broom mean?
A disease or deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, such that the natural structure of the plant is changed so that a dense mass of shoots grows from a single point.

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