gypsywort

Questions about gypsywort

What does gypsywort mean?

gypsywort means "hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers".

How many syllables are in gypsywort?

gypsywort has 3 syllables and divides as gyp-sy-wort 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 gypsywort?

Close synonyms include gipsywort, Lycopus europaeus. 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 gypsywort a common word?

gypsywort 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.