myrsine

Questions about myrsine

What does myrsine mean?

myrsine means "evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage; Africa; Asia (New Zealand)".

How many syllables are in myrsine?

myrsine has 2 syllables and divides as myr-sine 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 myrsine?

Close synonyms include genus Myrsine. 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 myrsine a common word?

myrsine 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.