Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ascochyta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: as-cochy-ta
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fungus of the genus Ascochyta.

Example Sentences

"Other seed-borne diseases are the Alternarias, Ascochytas, Black leg, Black rot. Canker, Neck rot and Septorias."
"Furthermore, induction of four enzymes in the phenylpropanoid pathway is important for resistance to ascochyta blight disease in the chickpea."

Etymology

From the genus name.

Questions

What does ascochyta mean?: Any fungus of the genus Ascochyta.
Where does ascochyta come from?: From the genus name.

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