filaree

Other forms of filaree

plural

filarees·

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 filaree

What does filaree mean?

filaree means "European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage".

How many syllables are in filaree?

filaree has 3 syllables and divides as fi-la-ree 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 filaree?

Close synonyms include redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaria, clocks. 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 filaree a common word?

filaree 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.