phoradendron

Questions about phoradendron

What does phoradendron mean?

phoradendron means "any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe".

How many syllables are in phoradendron?

phoradendron has 4 syllables and divides as pho-ra-den-dron 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 phoradendron?

Close synonyms include genus Phoradendron. 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 phoradendron a common word?

phoradendron 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.