xyridales

Questions about xyridales

What does xyridales mean?

xyridales means "an order of monocotyledonous herbs".

How many syllables are in xyridales?

xyridales has 3 syllables and divides as xyri-da-les 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 xyridales?

Close synonyms include order Xyridales, Commelinales, order Commelinales. 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 xyridales a common word?

xyridales 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.