genus corydalis

Questions about genus corydalis

What does genus corydalis mean?

genus corydalis means "annual or perennial herbs of Himalayan China and South Africa". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for genus corydalis?

Close synonyms include Corydalis, Corydalus, genus Corydalus, Corydalis. 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 genus corydalis a common word?

genus corydalis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.