snakewood
noun
snakewood is spelled S-N-A-K-E-W-O-O-D: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snakewood means “Brosimum guianense (family Rosaceae), an Amazonian tree having hard, speckled wood that resembles snakeskin; used in musical instruments” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snakewood is snakewoods.
How many letters and syllables are in snakewood?
| Letters | 9: S-N-A-K-E-W-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is snakewood?
Snakewood appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of snakewood
- snakewoods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snakewood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Brosimum guianense (family Rosaceae), an Amazonian tree having hard, speckled wood that resembles snakeskin; used in musical instruments.
- 2
Acacia xiphophylla and Acacia intorta (family Fabaceae), trees with curving, snake-like limbs, antive to Australia.
- 3
Any of various North American shrubs of the genus Colubrina (family Rhamnaceae), often specifically Colubrina texensis.
- 4
Any of the shrubs of the Americas in genus Condalia (family Rhamnaceae).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does snakewood come from?
From snake + wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).