curly-heads

1. 1.

   shrubby clematis of the eastern United States having curly foliage

   SynonymsClematis ochreleuca

   Broaderclematis

Questions about curly-heads

What does curly-heads mean?

curly-heads means "shrubby clematis of the eastern United States having curly foliage".

How many syllables are in curly-heads?

curly-heads has 4 syllables: cur-ly--he-ads. The stress falls on "ly-".

What is another word for curly-heads?

Close synonyms include Clematis ochreleuca. 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 curly-heads a common word?

curly-heads 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.