elaeis

Questions about elaeis

What does elaeis mean?

elaeis means "oil palms".

How many syllables are in elaeis?

elaeis has 3 syllables and divides as e-la-eis 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 elaeis?

Close synonyms include genus Elaeis. 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 elaeis a common word?

elaeis 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.