cyclophorus

Questions about cyclophorus

What does cyclophorus mean?

cyclophorus means "tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia".

How many syllables are in cyclophorus?

cyclophorus has 4 syllables and divides as cy-clo-pho-rus 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 cyclophorus?

Close synonyms include genus Cyclophorus. 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 cyclophorus a common word?

cyclophorus 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.