camassia

Questions about camassia

What does camassia mean?

camassia means "genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs".

How many syllables are in camassia?

camassia has 4 syllables and divides as ca-mas-si-a 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 camassia?

Close synonyms include genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia. 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 camassia a common word?

camassia 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.