Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phytochrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: phy-tochrome
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of pigments that control most photomorphogenic responses in higher plants

Etymology

From phyto- + -chrome.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phyto
Suffix: chrome

Inflected Forms

phytochromes (plural)

Derived Forms

apophytochrome bacteriophytochrome holophytochrome

Questions

What does phytochrome mean?: Any of a class of pigments that control most photomorphogenic responses in higher plants
Where does phytochrome come from?: From phyto- + -chrome.

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