pisum

Questions about pisum

What does pisum mean?

pisum means "small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas".

How many syllables are in pisum?

pisum has 2 syllables and divides as pi-sum 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 pisum?

Close synonyms include genus Pisum. 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 pisum a common word?

pisum 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.