pleurothallis

1. 1.

   any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofgenus Pleurothallis

Other forms of pleurothallis

plural

pleurothallises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pleurothallis

What does pleurothallis mean?

pleurothallis means "any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers".

How many syllables are in pleurothallis?

pleurothallis has 5 syllables: ple-u-ro-thal-lis. The stress falls on "ro".

Is pleurothallis a common word?

pleurothallis 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.