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mule-fat

mule-fat
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [myool fat]
    • /myul fæt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [myool fat]
    • /myul fæt/

Definition of mule-fat word

  • noun mule-fat a composite shrub, Baccharis viminea, of California, having willowlike leaves and clustered flowers, growing in riverbeds. 1

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Origin of mule-fat

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; so called from its being a source of food for mule deer

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Parts of speech for Mule-fat

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

mule-fat popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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