Moss Spelling Dictionary

How many l's does the name have?

heard as lunullaria

spelled lunularia

Two, one in each half of Lunularia, never side by side as in lunullaria.

What the ear did

The stress falls on the syllable after the second l, which is exactly the position where English doubles a consonant. Latin diminutives do not double: lunula has a single l, and so does the genus built from it.

Sound decision: a doubled consonant under the stress. Said loon-yoo-LAIR-ee-uh.

L-U-N-U-L-A-R-I-A

The full entry for lunularia covers the name itself.

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