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milkweed

How many syllables in milkweed?

  2 syllables

Divide milkweed into syllables:   milk-weed
Primary syllable stress:   milk-weed
Secondary syllable stress:   milk-weed
How to pronounce milkweed:   milk-weed
How to say milkweed:

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