nopalea

Questions about nopalea

What does nopalea mean?

nopalea means "a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers".

How many syllables are in nopalea?

nopalea has 4 syllables and divides as no-pa-le-a 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 nopalea?

Close synonyms include genus Nopalea. 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 nopalea a common word?

nopalea 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.