bromus

Questions about bromus

What does bromus mean?

bromus means "a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae".

How many syllables are in bromus?

bromus has 2 syllables and divides as bro-mus 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 bromus?

Close synonyms include genus Bromus. 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 bromus a common word?

bromus 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.