peronospora

Questions about peronospora

What does peronospora mean?

peronospora means "genus of destructive downy mildews".

How many syllables are in peronospora?

peronospora has 5 syllables and divides as pe-ro-no-spo-ra 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 peronospora?

Close synonyms include genus Peronospora. 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 peronospora a common word?

peronospora 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.