scabiosa

Questions about scabiosa

What does scabiosa mean?

scabiosa means "any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa".

How many syllables are in scabiosa?

scabiosa has 4 syllables and divides as sca-bi-o-sa 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 scabiosa?

Close synonyms include scabious. 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 scabiosa a common word?

scabiosa 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.