loranthus

Questions about loranthus

What does loranthus mean?

loranthus means "type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species".

How many syllables are in loranthus?

loranthus has 3 syllables and divides as lo-ran-thus 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 loranthus?

Close synonyms include genus Loranthus. 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 loranthus a common word?

loranthus 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.