blechnum

Questions about blechnum

What does blechnum mean?

blechnum means "in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns".

How many syllables are in blechnum?

blechnum has 2 syllables and divides as blech-num 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 blechnum?

Close synonyms include genus Blechnum. 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 blechnum a common word?

blechnum 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.