pholidota

Other forms of pholidota

plural

pholidotas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pholidota

What does pholidota mean?

pholidota means "genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pholidota?

pholidota has 4 syllables: pho-li-do-ta. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for pholidota?

Close synonyms include genus Pholidota, order Pholidota. 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 pholidota a common word?

pholidota 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.