aframomum

Questions about aframomum

What does aframomum mean?

aframomum means "an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae".

How many syllables are in aframomum?

aframomum has 4 syllables and divides as a-fra-mo-mum under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for aframomum?

Close synonyms include genus Aframomum. 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 aframomum a common word?

aframomum 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.