lysichiton

Questions about lysichiton

What does lysichiton mean?

lysichiton means "skunk cabbage".

How many syllables are in lysichiton?

lysichiton has 4 syllables and divides as ly-si-chi-ton 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 lysichiton?

Close synonyms include genus Lysichiton, Lysichitum, genus Lysichitum. 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 lysichiton a common word?

lysichiton 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.