phytolacca

Questions about phytolacca

What does phytolacca mean?

phytolacca means "type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed".

How many syllables are in phytolacca?

phytolacca has 4 syllables and divides as phy-to-lac-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 phytolacca?

Close synonyms include genus Phytolacca. 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 phytolacca a common word?

phytolacca 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.