makomako

Questions about makomako

What does makomako mean?

makomako means "graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine".

How many syllables are in makomako?

makomako has 4 syllables and divides as ma-ko-ma-ko 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 makomako?

Close synonyms include New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa. 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 makomako a common word?

makomako 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.