polygonatum

Questions about polygonatum

What does polygonatum mean?

polygonatum means "sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae".

How many syllables are in polygonatum?

polygonatum has 5 syllables and divides as po-ly-go-na-tum 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 polygonatum?

Close synonyms include genus Polygonatum. 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 polygonatum a common word?

polygonatum 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.