botryoidal

1. 1.

   resembling a cluster of grapes in form

   Synonymsbotryoidboytrose

Questions about botryoidal

What does botryoidal mean?

botryoidal means "resembling a cluster of grapes in form".

How many syllables are in botryoidal?

botryoidal has 3 syllables and divides as bo-tryoi-dal 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 botryoidal?

Close synonyms include botryoid, boytrose. 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 botryoidal a common word?

botryoidal 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.