gypsophila

Questions about gypsophila

What does gypsophila mean?

gypsophila means "Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers".

How many syllables are in gypsophila?

gypsophila has 4 syllables and divides as gyp-so-phi-la 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 gypsophila?

Close synonyms include genus Gypsophila. 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 gypsophila a common word?

gypsophila 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.