ombu

What does ombu mean?

ombu means "fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves".

How many syllables are in ombu?

ombu has 2 syllables and divides as om-bu 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 ombu?

Close synonyms include bella sombra, Phytolacca dioica. 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 ombu a common word?

ombu 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ombu come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.