pilea

Questions about pilea

What does pilea mean?

pilea means "low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage".

How many syllables are in pilea?

pilea has 3 syllables and divides as pi-le-a 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 pilea?

Close synonyms include genus Pilea. 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 pilea a common word?

pilea 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.