alisma

Questions about alisma

What does alisma mean?

alisma means "small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants".

How many syllables are in alisma?

alisma has 3 syllables and divides as a-li-sma 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 alisma?

Close synonyms include genus Alisma. 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 alisma a common word?

alisma 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.