myrtaceae

Questions about myrtaceae

What does myrtaceae mean?

myrtaceae means "trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil".

How many syllables are in myrtaceae?

myrtaceae has 4 syllables and divides as myr-ta-ce-ae 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 myrtaceae?

Close synonyms include family Myrtaceae, myrtle family. 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 myrtaceae a common word?

myrtaceae 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.