xylopia

Questions about xylopia

What does xylopia mean?

xylopia means "tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African".

How many syllables are in xylopia?

xylopia has 4 syllables and divides as xy-lo-pi-a 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 xylopia?

Close synonyms include genus Xylopia. 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 xylopia a common word?

xylopia 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.