angraecum

Questions about angraecum

What does angraecum mean?

angraecum means "genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque".

How many syllables are in angraecum?

angraecum has 4 syllables and divides as an-gra-e-cum 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 angraecum?

Close synonyms include genus Angrecum, genus Angraecum. 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 angraecum a common word?

angraecum 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.