onopordum

Questions about onopordum

What does onopordum mean?

onopordum means "a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers".

How many syllables are in onopordum?

onopordum has 4 syllables and divides as o-no-por-dum 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 onopordum?

Close synonyms include genus Onopordum, Onopordon, genus Onopordon. 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 onopordum a common word?

onopordum 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.