pungapung

Other forms of pungapung

plural

pungapungs·

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 pungapung

What does pungapung mean?

pungapung means "putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber".

How many syllables are in pungapung?

pungapung has 3 syllables: pun-ga-pung. The stress falls on "pun".

What is another word for pungapung?

Close synonyms include telingo potato, elephant yam, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, Amorphophallus campanulatus. 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 pungapung a common word?

pungapung 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.