combretum

1. 1.

   any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers

   Broaderwoody plant

   Part ofgenus Combretum

Other forms of combretum

plural

combretums·

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 combretum

What does combretum mean?

combretum means "any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers".

How many syllables are in combretum?

combretum has 3 syllables: com-bre-tum. The stress falls on "com".

Is combretum a common word?

combretum 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.