Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paragynous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: parag-y-nous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Incompletely surrounding the oogonial stalk

Example Sentences

"Main differences were the prevalence of paragynous instead of amphigynous antheridia, the formation of chlamydospores and a maximum temperature for growth of 35°C. For the remaining two taxa, preliminary morphological examination and ITS sequence analysis showed they could not be assigned to any formally described species or informally designated taxon of Phytophthora, hence detailed phylogenetic and taxonomic analyses were carried out."

Etymology

From para- + gyno- + -ous.

Questions

What does paragynous mean?: Incompletely surrounding the oogonial stalk
Where does paragynous come from?: From para- + gyno- + -ous.

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