masterwort

Questions about masterwort

What does masterwort mean?

masterwort means "any plant of the genus Astrantia".

How many syllables are in masterwort?

masterwort has 3 syllables and divides as ma-ster-wort 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 masterwort?

Close synonyms include astrantia. 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 masterwort a common word?

masterwort 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.