chlamys

Other forms of chlamys

plural

chlamydes

plural

chlamyses

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 chlamys

What does chlamys mean?

chlamys means "collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chlamys?

chlamys has 2 syllables: chla-mys. The stress falls on "chla".

What is another word for chlamys?

Close synonyms include perianth, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium. 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 chlamys a common word?

chlamys 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.