cycadaceae

Questions about cycadaceae

What does cycadaceae mean?

cycadaceae means "ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids".

How many syllables are in cycadaceae?

cycadaceae has 5 syllables and divides as cy-ca-da-ce-ae 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 cycadaceae?

Close synonyms include family Cycadaceae, cycad family. 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 cycadaceae a common word?

cycadaceae 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.