marchantia

Questions about marchantia

What does marchantia mean?

marchantia means "type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores".

How many syllables are in marchantia?

marchantia has 4 syllables and divides as mar-chan-ti-a 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 marchantia?

Close synonyms include genus Marchantia. 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 marchantia a common word?

marchantia 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.