helianthus

Other forms of helianthus

plural

helianthuses·

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 helianthus

What does helianthus mean?

helianthus means "any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays".

How many syllables are in helianthus?

helianthus has 4 syllables: he-li-an-thus. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for helianthus?

Close synonyms include sunflower. 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 helianthus a common word?

helianthus 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.