avicennia

Questions about avicennia

What does avicennia mean?

avicennia means "small genus of tropical shrubs or trees".

How many syllables are in avicennia?

avicennia has 5 syllables and divides as a-vi-cen-ni-a 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 avicennia?

Close synonyms include genus Avicennia. 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 avicennia a common word?

avicennia 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.