leadwort

Questions about leadwort

What does leadwort mean?

leadwort means "a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers".

How many syllables are in leadwort?

leadwort has 3 syllables and divides as le-a-dwort 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 leadwort?

Close synonyms include Plumbago europaea. 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 leadwort a common word?

leadwort 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.