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mycelium

/maɪˈsi.li.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables
myceli-um
IPA
/maɪˈsi.li.əm/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin mycelium; synchronically, myc- + -el- + -ium, where the infix -el- is of unknown origin, perhaps introduced from a rebracketing of epithelium.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mycelia (plural)

Derived Forms

mycelial mycelian myceliogenic mycelioid myceloid promycelium pseudomycelium

Frequently Paired Words

mycoid mycology mycophage mycophile

Rhymes With

helium epithelium endothelium mesothelium berkelium exothelium telium perihelium aphelium antihelium urothelium subendothelium

Questions

How do you pronounce mycelium?
The recorded pronunciation is /maɪˈsi.li.əm/.
What does mycelium mean?
The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.
Where does mycelium come from?
From New Latin mycelium; synchronically, myc- + -el- + -ium, where the infix -el- is of unknown origin, perhaps introduced from a rebracketing of epithelium.

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