anagyris

Questions about anagyris

What does anagyris mean?

anagyris means "very small genus of shrubs of southern Europe having backward curving seed pods".

How many syllables are in anagyris?

anagyris has 4 syllables and divides as a-na-gy-ris 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 anagyris?

Close synonyms include genus Anagyris. 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 anagyris a common word?

anagyris 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.