balibago

Questions about balibago

What does balibago mean?

balibago means "shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament".

How many syllables are in balibago?

balibago has 4 syllables and divides as ba-li-ba-go 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 balibago?

Close synonyms include mahoe, majagua, mahagua, purau, Hibiscus tiliaceus. 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 balibago a common word?

balibago is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.