bridal-wreath

Questions about bridal-wreath

What does bridal-wreath mean?

bridal-wreath means "Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bridal-wreath?

bridal-wreath has 4 syllables: bri-dal--wre-ath. The stress falls on "dal-".

What is another word for bridal-wreath?

Close synonyms include bridal wreath, Francoa ramosa, bridal wreath, Saint Peter's wreath, St. Peter's wreath. 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 bridal-wreath a common word?

bridal-wreath 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.