Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypersaprobic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-sapro-bic
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That develops in the decaying fruiting bodies of other fungi

Example Sentences

"Although the majority of calosphaeriaceous fungi are saprobic or hypersaprobic found in company with old stromata and ascomata of other ascomycetes on woody plants, recently some species have been isolated from wood of fruit trees showing canker symptoms, viz."

Etymology

From hyper- + saprobic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Questions

What does hypersaprobic mean?: That develops in the decaying fruiting bodies of other fungi
Where does hypersaprobic come from?: From hyper- + saprobic.

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