ceriman

1. 1.

   tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor

   SynonymsMonstera deliciosa

   Broadermonstera
2. 2.

   tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor

   Synonymsmonstera

   Broaderedible fruit

Other forms of ceriman

plural

cerimans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ceriman

What does ceriman mean?

ceriman means "tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ceriman?

ceriman has 3 syllables: ce-ri-man. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for ceriman?

Close synonyms include Monstera deliciosa, monstera. 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 ceriman a common word?

ceriman 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.