balsamorhiza

1. 1.

   genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam

   Synonymsgenus Balsamorhiza

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Other forms of balsamorhiza

plural

balsamorhizas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about balsamorhiza

What does balsamorhiza mean?

balsamorhiza means "genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam".

How many syllables are in balsamorhiza?

balsamorhiza has 5 syllables: bal-sa-mor-hi-za. The stress falls on "mor".

What is another word for balsamorhiza?

Close synonyms include genus Balsamorhiza. 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 balsamorhiza a common word?

balsamorhiza 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.