Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ambrosia fungus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: am-brosi-a -fun-gus
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a large number of species of fungus that are symbionts of ambrosia beetles

Example Sentences

"Some ambrosia fungi are only known from beetle galleries, and it is believed that those associations are obligate — the fungi cannot survive without the beetle farmers. Generations of closely related beetles farm generations of cloned ambrosia fungus."

Inflected Forms

ambrosia fungi (plural)

Questions

What does ambrosia fungus mean?: Any of a large number of species of fungus that are symbionts of ambrosia beetles

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