pteropogon

Questions about pteropogon

What does pteropogon mean?

pteropogon means "southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit".

How many syllables are in pteropogon?

pteropogon has 4 syllables and divides as pte-ro-po-gon 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 pteropogon?

Close synonyms include Pteropogon humboltianum. 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 pteropogon a common word?

pteropogon 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.