stingaree-bush

1. 1.

   spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California

   Synonymschaparral peaPickeringia montana

   Broadershrub

   Part ofPickeringia

Questions about stingaree-bush

What does stingaree-bush mean?

stingaree-bush means "spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California".

How many syllables are in stingaree-bush?

stingaree-bush has 4 syllables: stin-ga-ree--bush. The stress falls on "ga".

What is another word for stingaree-bush?

Close synonyms include chaparral pea, Pickeringia montana. 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 stingaree-bush a common word?

stingaree-bush 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.