eucalyptus

Other forms of eucalyptus

plural

eucalypti

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 eucalyptus

What does eucalyptus mean?

eucalyptus means "wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eucalyptus?

eucalyptus has 4 syllables: eu-ca-lyp-tus. The stress falls on "lyp". In IPA it is /ˌjukəˈlɪptəs/.

What is another word for eucalyptus?

Close synonyms include eucalypt, eucalyptus tree. 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 eucalyptus a common word?

eucalyptus 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.