tremella

Questions about tremella

What does tremella mean?

tremella means "fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain".

How many syllables are in tremella?

tremella has 3 syllables and divides as tre-mel-la 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 tremella?

Close synonyms include genus Tremella. 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 tremella a common word?

tremella 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.