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microphyte

/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌfaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-cro-phyte
IPA
/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌfaɪt/
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any microscopic plant or alga

Etymology

From micro- (“small”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌfaɪt/
  • British English: /ˈmʌɪkɹə(ʊ)fʌɪt/

Inflected Forms

microphytes (plural)

Derived Forms

microphytal microphytic

Questions

How do you pronounce microphyte?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌfaɪt/.
What does microphyte mean?
Any microscopic plant or alga
Where does microphyte come from?
From micro- (“small”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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