sphaerocarpus

Questions about sphaerocarpus

What does sphaerocarpus mean?

sphaerocarpus means "type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus".

How many syllables are in sphaerocarpus?

sphaerocarpus has 5 syllables and divides as spha-e-ro-car-pus 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 sphaerocarpus?

Close synonyms include genus Sphaerocarpus, Sphaerocarpos, genus Sphaerocarpos. 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 sphaerocarpus a common word?

sphaerocarpus 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.