jellyleaf

1. 1.

   herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed

   SynonymsQueensland hempSida rhombifolia

   Broadermallow

   Part ofSida

Other forms of jellyleaf

plural

jellyleafs·

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 jellyleaf

What does jellyleaf mean?

jellyleaf means "herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed".

How many syllables are in jellyleaf?

jellyleaf has 4 syllables: jel-ly-le-af. The stress falls on "ly".

What is another word for jellyleaf?

Close synonyms include Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia. 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 jellyleaf a common word?

jellyleaf is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.