crataegus

Questions about crataegus

What does crataegus mean?

crataegus means "thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple".

How many syllables are in crataegus?

crataegus has 4 syllables and divides as cra-ta-e-gus 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 crataegus?

Close synonyms include genus Crataegus. 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 crataegus a common word?

crataegus 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.