ectomycorrhiza
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
35
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A form of mycorrhiza consisting of a sheath of fungus around the root tips of the symbiotic plant.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁éntos Proto-Hellenic *entós Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós) Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós)der. English ecto- English mycorrhiza English ectomycorrhiza From ecto- + mycorrhiza.