hawk's-beards

1. 1.

   any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere

   Synonymshawk's-beard

   Broaderwildflower

   Part ofCrepis

Questions about hawk's-beards

What does hawk's-beards mean?

hawk's-beards means "any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere".

How many syllables are in hawk's-beards?

hawk's-beards has 3 syllables: hawk's--be-ards. The stress falls on "hawk's-".

What is another word for hawk's-beards?

Close synonyms include hawk's-beard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hawk's-beards a common word?

hawk's-beards is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.