Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gynandrosporous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gy-nan-drosporous
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having reproductive organs with both male and female functions.

Example Sentences

"In Œdogonium, varies as are the conditions between monœcious, gynandrosporous, and diœcious, under which the essential elements concerned in the reproduction present themselves, there seems to be still less difference, on the whole, in form and size of the spermatozoid and the oogonium themselves, than in the other cases adverted to."
"This variety differs from the type variety Oe. kozminskii Prescott. var. kozminskii (Prescott, 1944,1951) by its smaller size, gynandrosporous habit and by the strongly capitellate vegetative cells."
"The features of the oogonial opening and the possible existence of dwarf males point towards relationship with O. rothii N. Pringsheim ex Hirn, which, however, is gynandrosporous."

Etymology

From gyn- + andro- + spore + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gyn-
Suffix: andro-

Questions

What does gynandrosporous mean?: Having reproductive organs with both male and female functions.
Where does gynandrosporous come from?: From gyn- + andro- + spore + -ous.

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