maclura

Questions about maclura

What does maclura mean?

maclura means "yellowwood trees or shrubs".

How many syllables are in maclura?

maclura has 3 syllables and divides as ma-clu-ra 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 maclura?

Close synonyms include genus Maclura. 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 maclura a common word?

maclura 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.