archicarp
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The female reproductive structure of an ascomycete.
Example Sentences
- "The archicarp is bounded at the top by the trichogyne and at the base by a foot cell."
- "In Chaetomium spirale the cells of the mycelium contain each a single nucleus, the archicarp arises as a coiled branch and divides into four or more uninucleate cells."
- "The other branch (antheridium) grows up in close contact with the archicarp, and like it is shut off by a partition from its filament."