cowherb

Questions about cowherb

What does cowherb mean?

cowherb means "European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort".

How many syllables are in cowherb?

cowherb has 2 syllables and divides as co-wherb 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 cowherb?

Close synonyms include cow cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, Saponaria vaccaria. 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 cowherb a common word?

cowherb 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.