lycoperdaceae

Questions about lycoperdaceae

What does lycoperdaceae mean?

lycoperdaceae means "a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs".

How many syllables are in lycoperdaceae?

lycoperdaceae has 6 syllables and divides as ly-co-per-da-ce-ae 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 lycoperdaceae?

Close synonyms include family Lycoperdaceae. 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 lycoperdaceae a common word?

lycoperdaceae 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.