matchweed

Other forms of matchweed

plural

matchweeds·

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 matchweed

What does matchweed mean?

matchweed means "any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches".

How many syllables are in matchweed?

matchweed has 2 syllables and divides as match-weed 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 matchweed?

Close synonyms include matchbush. 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 matchweed a common word?

matchweed 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.