inward-developing

1. 1.

   toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center

   Similarcentripetal

   botany

Questions about inward-developing

What does inward-developing mean?

inward-developing means "toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center".

How many syllables are in inward-developing?

inward-developing has 6 syllables and divides as in-ward--de-ve-lo-ping 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 inward-developing a common word?

inward-developing 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.