apocynaceous

1. 1.

   of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae

Questions about apocynaceous

What does apocynaceous mean?

apocynaceous means "of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae".

How many syllables are in apocynaceous?

apocynaceous has 6 syllables: a-po-cy-na-ce-ous. The stress falls on "ce".

Is apocynaceous a common word?

apocynaceous 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.