cercidium

Questions about cercidium

What does cercidium mean?

cercidium means "spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde".

How many syllables are in cercidium?

cercidium has 4 syllables and divides as cer-ci-di-um 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 cercidium?

Close synonyms include genus Cercidium. 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 cercidium a common word?

cercidium 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.