pteridium

Questions about pteridium

What does pteridium mean?

pteridium means "a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae".

How many syllables are in pteridium?

pteridium has 4 syllables and divides as pte-ri-di-um 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 pteridium?

Close synonyms include genus Pteridium. 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 pteridium a common word?

pteridium 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.