trilobed

Questions about trilobed

What does trilobed mean?

trilobed means "(of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes".

How many syllables are in trilobed?

trilobed has 2 syllables and divides as trilo-bed 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 trilobed?

Close synonyms include trilobate, trilobated, three-lobed. 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 trilobed a common word?

trilobed 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.