saussurea

Questions about saussurea

What does saussurea mean?

saussurea means "genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia".

How many syllables are in saussurea?

saussurea has 4 syllables and divides as sa-us-su-rea 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 saussurea?

Close synonyms include genus Saussurea. 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 saussurea a common word?

saussurea 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.