Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chlorophyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chloro-phyte
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the green algae that make up the division Chlorophyta

Example Sentences

"Also consistent with the notion that chlorophytes require high light was the unprecedented appearance of the desmid Hyalotheca dissiliens that occurred when gypsy moth larvae defoliated the tree canopy overhanging a Rhode Island stream (Sheath et al., 1986)."
"Haploid flagellated spores dominate the life cycle of Chlamydomonas, a single-celled, freshwater chlorophyte (Figure 20.13)."
"Although there are as many ways to classify the chlorophytes as there are texts and publications discussing it, especially as new research becomes available, this chapter will focus on the scheme described in Graham and Wilcox (2000) and Wehr and Sheath (2003)."

Etymology

From chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: chloro
Suffix: phyte

Inflected Forms

chlorophytes (plural)

Derived Forms

microchlorophyte prochlorophyte

Frequently Paired Words

chlorophytal chlorophytic

Synonyms

green alga green algae

Questions

What does chlorophyte mean?: Any of the green algae that make up the division Chlorophyta
Where does chlorophyte come from?: From chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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