lycopus

Questions about lycopus

What does lycopus mean?

lycopus means "small genus of herbs of the mint family".

How many syllables are in lycopus?

lycopus has 3 syllables and divides as ly-co-pus 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 lycopus?

Close synonyms include genus Lycopus. 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 lycopus a common word?

lycopus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.