lasthenia

Questions about lasthenia

What does lasthenia mean?

lasthenia means "small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America".

How many syllables are in lasthenia?

lasthenia has 4 syllables and divides as las-the-ni-a 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 lasthenia?

Close synonyms include genus Lasthenia. 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 lasthenia a common word?

lasthenia 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.