leonurus

Questions about leonurus

What does leonurus mean?

leonurus means "genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorls".

How many syllables are in leonurus?

leonurus has 4 syllables and divides as le-o-nu-rus 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 leonurus?

Close synonyms include genus Leonurus. 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 leonurus a common word?

leonurus 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.