capparis

Questions about capparis

What does capparis mean?

capparis means "tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees".

How many syllables are in capparis?

capparis has 3 syllables and divides as cap-pa-ris 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 capparis?

Close synonyms include genus Capparis. 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 capparis a common word?

capparis 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.