lycoperdales

Questions about lycoperdales

What does lycoperdales mean?

lycoperdales means "small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars".

How many syllables are in lycoperdales?

lycoperdales has 4 syllables and divides as lyco-per-da-les 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 lycoperdales?

Close synonyms include order Lycoperdales. 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 lycoperdales a common word?

lycoperdales 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.