linaria

Questions about linaria

What does linaria mean?

linaria means "genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon".

How many syllables are in linaria?

linaria has 4 syllables and divides as li-na-ri-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 linaria?

Close synonyms include genus Linaria. 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 linaria a common word?

linaria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.