fumeroot

Other forms of fumeroot

plural

fumeroots·

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 fumeroot

What does fumeroot mean?

fumeroot means "delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fumeroot?

fumeroot has 3 syllables: fu-me-root. The stress falls on "fu".

What is another word for fumeroot?

Close synonyms include fumitory, fumewort, Fumaria officinalis, fumewort, Corydalis solida. 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 fumeroot a common word?

fumeroot 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.