talinum

Questions about talinum

What does talinum mean?

talinum means "genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs".

How many syllables are in talinum?

talinum has 3 syllables and divides as ta-li-num 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 talinum?

Close synonyms include genus Talinum. 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 talinum a common word?

talinum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.