long-spurred

1. 1.

   of flowers having a long extension at the base of the corolla

   Antonymsshort-spurred

Questions about long-spurred

What does long-spurred mean?

long-spurred means "of flowers having a long extension at the base of the corolla".

How many syllables are in long-spurred?

long-spurred has 2 syllables and divides as long--spurred 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 the opposite of long-spurred?

The recorded antonyms are short-spurred.

Is long-spurred a common word?

long-spurred 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.