clianthus

Questions about clianthus

What does clianthus mean?

clianthus means "any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes".

How many syllables are in clianthus?

clianthus has 3 syllables and divides as cli-an-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 clianthus?

Close synonyms include glory pea. 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 clianthus a common word?

clianthus 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.