zizania

Questions about zizania

What does zizania mean?

zizania means "wild rice".

How many syllables are in zizania?

zizania has 4 syllables and divides as zi-za-ni-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 zizania?

Close synonyms include genus Zizania. 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 zizania a common word?

zizania 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.