Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ascogenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-coge-nous
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That grows from the ascogonium of a fungus

Example Sentences

"The calosphaeriaceous ascoma centrum is unique in the Sordariomycetes; it comprises persistent, sparsely branched, short or elongated ascogenous hyphae with minute cells formed from croziers in sympodial succession, asci in predominantly spicate arrangement and persistent paraphyses."

Questions

What does ascogenous mean?: That grows from the ascogonium of a fungus

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