polianthes

Questions about polianthes

What does polianthes mean?

polianthes means "genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae".

How many syllables are in polianthes?

polianthes has 3 syllables and divides as po-lian-thes 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 polianthes?

Close synonyms include genus Polianthes. 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 polianthes a common word?

polianthes 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.