semiparasitic

1. 1.

   of or relating to plants that are semiparasites

Questions about semiparasitic

What does semiparasitic mean?

semiparasitic means "of or relating to plants that are semiparasites".

How many syllables are in semiparasitic?

semiparasitic has 6 syllables and divides as se-mi-pa-ra-si-tic 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 semiparasitic a common word?

semiparasitic 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.