linum

Questions about linum

What does linum mean?

linum means "a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves".

How many syllables are in linum?

linum has 2 syllables and divides as li-num 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 linum?

Close synonyms include genus Linum. 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 linum a common word?

linum 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.