jatropha

Questions about jatropha

What does jatropha mean?

jatropha means "a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae".

How many syllables are in jatropha?

jatropha has 3 syllables and divides as ja-tro-pha 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 jatropha?

Close synonyms include genus Jatropha. 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 jatropha a common word?

jatropha 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.