brodiaea

1. 1.

   any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Narrowerelegant brodiaea

   Part ofgenus Brodiaea

Other forms of brodiaea

plural

brodiaeas·

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 brodiaea

What does brodiaea mean?

brodiaea means "any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium".

How many syllables are in brodiaea?

brodiaea has 5 syllables: bro-di-a-e-a. The stress falls on "a".

Is brodiaea a common word?

brodiaea 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.