anigozanthus

Questions about anigozanthus

What does anigozanthus mean?

anigozanthus means "genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae".

How many syllables are in anigozanthus?

anigozanthus has 5 syllables and divides as a-ni-go-zan-thus 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 anigozanthus?

Close synonyms include genus Anigozanthus. 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 anigozanthus a common word?

anigozanthus 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.