martynia

1. 1.

   sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit

   SynonymsMartynia annua

   Broaderherb

   Part ofgenus Martynia

Other forms of martynia

plural

martynias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about martynia

What does martynia mean?

martynia means "sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit".

How many syllables are in martynia?

martynia has 4 syllables: mar-ty-ni-a. The stress falls on "ty".

What is another word for martynia?

Close synonyms include Martynia annua. 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 martynia a common word?

martynia 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.