centranthus

Questions about centranthus

What does centranthus mean?

centranthus means "genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs".

How many syllables are in centranthus?

centranthus has 3 syllables and divides as cen-tran-thus 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 centranthus?

Close synonyms include genus Centranthus. 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 centranthus a common word?

centranthus 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.