Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

idioandrosporous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: id-ioan-drosporous
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having androspores formed on filaments without oogonia.

Example Sentences

"By far the greatest number of the species are gynandrosporous—one only as yet observed, B. polyandra, Cleve, being idioandrosporous."
"They differ, however, chiefly in having an idioandrosporous habit, a greater size, frequently long seriate oogonial chains, and the oospore usually not quite filling the oogonium."
"In idioandrosporous species the androspore is chemically attracted to the female filament (Rawitscher-Kunkel & Machlis, 1962)."

Etymology

From idio- + andro- + spore + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: idio-
Suffix: andro-

Questions

What does idioandrosporous mean?: Having androspores formed on filaments without oogonia.
Where does idioandrosporous come from?: From idio- + andro- + spore + -ous.

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