pearlweed

Questions about pearlweed

What does pearlweed mean?

pearlweed means "any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls".

How many syllables are in pearlweed?

pearlweed has 3 syllables and divides as pe-arl-weed 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 pearlweed?

Close synonyms include pearlwort, pearl-weed. 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 pearlweed a common word?

pearlweed 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.