Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amphigastrium

/ˌæmfɪˈɡæstrɪəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-phi-gas-tri-um
IPA: /ˌæmfɪˈɡæstrɪəm/

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small scale-like leaf on the underside of stems of certain liverworts.

Example Sentences

"CHILOSCYPHUS. — Plant ; portion of the stem, with involucral leaves, perianth, and calyptra ; […] portion of the stem, with a leaf and an amphigastrium"
"Stems more or less regularly pinnate, more rarely dichotomously branched. Leaves incubous, conduplicate, the hinder lobe smallest—saccate, galeate, cucullate or flattish. Amphigastria mostly present, rarely wanting."
"Key to the South African species of Lejeunea. […] d. Base of the amphigastrium with rounded appendages below the insertion, the sinus of which thus is more than semicircular. L. isomorpha."

Etymology

From New Latin amphi- (“near”) + gastr- (“belly; ventral”) + -ium. Attested from the 19th century.

Word Breakdown

Root: amphi-

Inflected Forms

amphigastria (plural)

Synonyms

amphigaster

Questions

How do you pronounce amphigastrium?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæmfɪˈɡæstrɪəm/.
What does amphigastrium mean?: A small scale-like leaf on the underside of stems of certain liverworts.
Where does amphigastrium come from?: From New Latin amphi- (“near”) + gastr- (“belly; ventral”) + -ium. Attested from the 19th century.

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