hamamelis

Questions about hamamelis

What does hamamelis mean?

hamamelis means "deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel".

How many syllables are in hamamelis?

hamamelis has 4 syllables and divides as ha-ma-me-lis 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 hamamelis?

Close synonyms include genus Hamamelis. 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 hamamelis a common word?

hamamelis 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.