Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horsebrush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
horse-brush
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A brush used for grooming horses.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From horse + brush.

Usage

Inflected Forms

horsebrushes (plural)

Phrases

fourpart horsebrush gray horsebrush grey horsebrush hairy horsebrush littleleaf horsebrush longspine horsebrush Nuttall's horsebrush shortspine horsebrush

Questions

What does horsebrush mean?
Any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.
Where does horsebrush come from?
From horse + brush.

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