phyllitis

Questions about phyllitis

What does phyllitis mean?

phyllitis means "a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)".

How many syllables are in phyllitis?

phyllitis has 3 syllables and divides as phyl-li-tis 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 phyllitis?

Close synonyms include genus Phyllitis, genus Scolopendrium. 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 phyllitis a common word?

phyllitis 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.