cynancum

1. 1.

   any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic

   Broaderliana

   Part ofgenus Cynancum

Other forms of cynancum

plural

cynancums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cynancum

What does cynancum mean?

cynancum means "any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic".

How many syllables are in cynancum?

cynancum has 3 syllables: cy-nan-cum. The stress falls on "cy".

Is cynancum a common word?

cynancum 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.