periploca

Questions about periploca

What does periploca mean?

periploca means "genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World".

How many syllables are in periploca?

periploca has 4 syllables and divides as pe-ri-plo-ca 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 periploca?

Close synonyms include genus Periploca. 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 periploca a common word?

periploca 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.