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sporophore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sporophore
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spore-producing organ, especially a fungus hypha specialized to carry spores.

noun

A sporophyte, or spore-producing plant.

Etymology

From sporo- + -phore.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sporophores (plural)

Derived Forms

sporophoric sporophorous

Frequently Paired Words

sporocarp sporogenesis sporogenic sporogenous

Questions

What does sporophore mean?
A spore-producing organ, especially a fungus hypha specialized to carry spores.
Where does sporophore come from?
From sporo- + -phore.

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