pelargonium

Questions about pelargonium

What does pelargonium mean?

pelargonium means "geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated".

How many syllables are in pelargonium?

pelargonium has 5 syllables and divides as pe-lar-go-ni-um 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 pelargonium?

Close synonyms include genus Pelargonium. 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 pelargonium a common word?

pelargonium 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.