arctostaphylos

Questions about arctostaphylos

What does arctostaphylos mean?

arctostaphylos means "bearberry; manzanita".

How many syllables are in arctostaphylos?

arctostaphylos has 5 syllables and divides as arc-to-sta-phy-los 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 arctostaphylos?

Close synonyms include genus Arctostaphylos. 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 arctostaphylos a common word?

arctostaphylos 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.