Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extragynoecial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-trag-y-noe-cial
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Outside of the gynoecium

Example Sentences

"As with most Annonaceae, however, Disepalum flowers are apocarpous, and so it is hypothesized that pollen tubes are likely to be able to grow between contiguous carpels: this extragynoecial growth of pollen tubes has been reported in other apocarpous angiosperms [97 ,98 ,99 ]."

Etymology

From extra- + gynoecial.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: extra

Questions

What does extragynoecial mean?: Outside of the gynoecium
Where does extragynoecial come from?: From extra- + gynoecial.

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