besseya

Questions about besseya

What does besseya mean?

besseya means "genus of North American spring wildflowers".

How many syllables are in besseya?

besseya has 2 syllables and divides as bes-seya 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 besseya?

Close synonyms include genus Besseya. 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 besseya a common word?

besseya 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.