sonchus

Questions about sonchus

What does sonchus mean?

sonchus means "sow thistles".

How many syllables are in sonchus?

sonchus has 2 syllables and divides as son-chus 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 sonchus?

Close synonyms include genus Sonchus. 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 sonchus a common word?

sonchus 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.