Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calosphaeriaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: calosphaeri-a-ceous
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of fungi of the family Calosphaeriaceae.

Example Sentences

"The calosphaeriaceous ascoma centrum is unique in the Sordariomycetes; it comprises persistent, sparsely branched, short or elongated ascogenous hyphae with minute cells formed from croziers in sympodial succession, asci in predominantly spicate arrangement and persistent paraphyses."

Etymology

Calosphaeriaceae + -ous

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ous

Questions

What does calosphaeriaceous mean?: Characteristic of fungi of the family Calosphaeriaceae.
Where does calosphaeriaceous come from?: Calosphaeriaceae + -ous

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