semi-erect

1. 1.

   of plants that are partly erect

   Similarerect

Questions about semi-erect

What does semi-erect mean?

semi-erect means "of plants that are partly erect".

How many syllables are in semi-erect?

semi-erect has 3 syllables and divides as se-mi-e-rect 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-erect a common word?

semi-erect 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.