abelia

1. 1.

   any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico

   Broadershrub

   Part ofgenus Abelia

Other forms of abelia

plural

abelias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abelia

What does abelia mean?

abelia means "any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico".

How many syllables are in abelia?

abelia has 4 syllables: a-be-li-a. The stress falls on "be".

Is abelia a common word?

abelia 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.