Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homospore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mo-spore
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any plant producing spores of the same size and type.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. English homo- English spore English homospore From homo- + spore.

Inflected Forms

homospores (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

homosporous heterosporous heterospore

Questions

What does homospore mean?: any plant producing spores of the same size and type.
Where does homospore come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. English homo- English spore English homospore From homo- + spore.

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