gesneriad

1. 1.

   any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia

   Broaderwoody plant

   Part ofGesneriaceae

Other forms of gesneriad

plural

gesneriads·

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 gesneriad

What does gesneriad mean?

gesneriad means "any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia".

How many syllables are in gesneriad?

gesneriad has 4 syllables: ge-sne-ri-ad. The stress falls on "sne".

Is gesneriad a common word?

gesneriad 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.