hexalectris

Questions about hexalectris

What does hexalectris mean?

hexalectris means "a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae".

How many syllables are in hexalectris?

hexalectris has 4 syllables and divides as hex-a-lec-tris 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 hexalectris?

Close synonyms include genus Hexalectris. 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 hexalectris a common word?

hexalectris 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.