dieffenbachia

Questions about dieffenbachia

What does dieffenbachia mean?

dieffenbachia means "evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants".

How many syllables are in dieffenbachia?

dieffenbachia has 5 syllables and divides as di-ef-fen-ba-chia 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 dieffenbachia?

Close synonyms include genus Dieffenbachia. 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 dieffenbachia a common word?

dieffenbachia 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.