mop-headed

1. 1.

   (of trees) having a bushy top without a leader

   “mop-headed cabbage palms”

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Questions about mop-headed

What does mop-headed mean?

mop-headed means "(of trees) having a bushy top without a leader".

How many syllables are in mop-headed?

mop-headed has 4 syllables and divides as mo-p-he-a-ded 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.

Is mop-headed a common word?

mop-headed 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.