Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holobasidiate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: holoba-sidi-ate
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or containing a holobasidium.

Example Sentences

"The basidia are holobasidiate, and rarely have adventitious septa in the metabasidium or sterigmata; they also rarely proliferate in apical linear succession."

Etymology

From holobasidi(um) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions

What does holobasidiate mean?: Being or containing a holobasidium.
Where does holobasidiate come from?: From holobasidi(um) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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