pica-pica

Questions about pica-pica

What does pica-pica mean?

pica-pica means "a stinging herb of tropical America".

How many syllables are in pica-pica?

pica-pica has 4 syllables and divides as pi-ca--pi-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 pica-pica?

Close synonyms include spurge nettle, tread-softly, devil nettle, Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha urens. 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 pica-pica a common word?

pica-pica 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.