ratibida

1. 1.

   genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower heads

   Synonymsgenus Ratibida

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Other forms of ratibida

plural

ratibidas·

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 ratibida

What does ratibida mean?

ratibida means "genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower heads".

How many syllables are in ratibida?

ratibida has 4 syllables: ra-ti-bi-da. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for ratibida?

Close synonyms include genus Ratibida. 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 ratibida a common word?

ratibida 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.