corallorhiza

Questions about corallorhiza

What does corallorhiza mean?

corallorhiza means "genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions".

How many syllables are in corallorhiza?

corallorhiza has 5 syllables and divides as co-ral-lor-hi-za 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 corallorhiza?

Close synonyms include genus Corallorhiza. 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 corallorhiza a common word?

corallorhiza 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.