leadplant

What does leadplant mean?

leadplant means "shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore".

How many syllables are in leadplant?

leadplant has 3 syllables and divides as le-ad-plant 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 leadplant?

Close synonyms include lead plant, Amorpha canescens. 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 leadplant a common word?

leadplant 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for leadplant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.