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chrysophyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chrys-o-phyte
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any golden alga of the class Chrysophyceae

Etymology

Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + -phyte (“plant”)

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

chrysophytes (plural)

Questions

What does chrysophyte mean?
Any golden alga of the class Chrysophyceae
Where does chrysophyte come from?
Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + -phyte (“plant”)

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