felwort

Questions about felwort

What does felwort mean?

felwort means "gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas".

How many syllables are in felwort?

felwort has 2 syllables and divides as fel-wort 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 felwort?

Close synonyms include gentianella amarella. 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 felwort a common word?

felwort 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.