semi-climber

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   a plant that tends to climb and on occasion can grow like a vine

   Broadervine

Questions about semi-climber

What does semi-climber mean?

semi-climber means "a plant that tends to climb and on occasion can grow like a vine".

How many syllables are in semi-climber?

semi-climber has 4 syllables and divides as se-mi--clim-ber 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.

Is semi-climber a common word?

semi-climber 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.