Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dictyoseptate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dic-tyosep-tate
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having both transverse and longitudinal septa

Example Sentences

"Among the genera in Saccardiaceae, this fungus clearly fits into the genus Byssogene Syd. because it has a combination of dictyoseptate, almost hyaline ascospores, discoid ascomata and superficial brown mycelium [27 ]."

Etymology

From dictyo- + septate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dictyo

Questions

What does dictyoseptate mean?: Having both transverse and longitudinal septa
Where does dictyoseptate come from?: From dictyo- + septate.

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