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carpostome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-pos-tome
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged

Etymology

From carpo- + -stome.

Inflected Forms

carpostomes (plural)

Questions

What does carpostome mean?
The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
Where does carpostome come from?
From carpo- + -stome.

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