hemiparasitic

1. 1.

   of or relating to plants that are hemiparasites

Questions about hemiparasitic

What does hemiparasitic mean?

hemiparasitic means "of or relating to plants that are hemiparasites".

How many syllables are in hemiparasitic?

hemiparasitic has 6 syllables and divides as he-mi-pa-ra-si-tic 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.

Is hemiparasitic a common word?

hemiparasitic 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.