leatherleaf

Other forms of leatherleaf

plural

leatherleafs·

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 leatherleaf

What does leatherleaf mean?

leatherleaf means "stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in leatherleaf?

leatherleaf has 5 syllables: le-a-ther-le-af. The stress falls on "ther".

What is another word for leatherleaf?

Close synonyms include leathery polypody, coast polypody, Polypodium scouleri, Chamaedaphne calyculata. 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 leatherleaf a common word?

leatherleaf 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.