andropogon

Questions about andropogon

What does andropogon mean?

andropogon means "tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions".

How many syllables are in andropogon?

andropogon has 4 syllables and divides as an-dro-po-gon 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 andropogon?

Close synonyms include genus Andropogon. 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 andropogon a common word?

andropogon 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.