pimpinella

Questions about pimpinella

What does pimpinella mean?

pimpinella means "anise".

How many syllables are in pimpinella?

pimpinella has 4 syllables and divides as pim-pi-nel-la 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 pimpinella?

Close synonyms include genus Pimpinella. 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 pimpinella a common word?

pimpinella 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.