characeae

Questions about characeae

What does characeae mean?

characeae means "green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts".

How many syllables are in characeae?

characeae has 4 syllables and divides as cha-ra-ce-ae 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 characeae?

Close synonyms include family Characeae. 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 characeae a common word?

characeae 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.