nyssaceae

Questions about nyssaceae

What does nyssaceae mean?

nyssaceae means "a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees".

How many syllables are in nyssaceae?

nyssaceae has 4 syllables and divides as nys-sa-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 nyssaceae?

Close synonyms include family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo 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 nyssaceae a common word?

nyssaceae 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.