rest-harrow

1. 1.

   Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots

   SynonymsrestharrowOnonis spinosa

   Broadersubshrub

   Part ofOnonis
2. 2.

   European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners

   SynonymsrestharrowOnonis repens

   Broadersubshrub

   Part ofOnonis

Questions about rest-harrow

What does rest-harrow mean?

rest-harrow means "Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rest-harrow?

rest-harrow has 3 syllables: res-t-har-row. The stress falls on "res".

What is another word for rest-harrow?

Close synonyms include restharrow, Ononis spinosa, restharrow, Ononis repens. 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 rest-harrow a common word?

rest-harrow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.