coeloglossum

Questions about coeloglossum

What does coeloglossum mean?

coeloglossum means "terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid".

How many syllables are in coeloglossum?

coeloglossum has 5 syllables and divides as co-e-lo-glos-sum 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 coeloglossum?

Close synonyms include genus Coeloglossum. 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 coeloglossum a common word?

coeloglossum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.