Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectomycorrhiza

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-to-my-c-or-rhiza
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of mycorrhiza consisting of a sheath of fungus around the root tips of the symbiotic plant.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁éntos Proto-Hellenic *entós Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós) Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós)der. English ecto- English mycorrhiza English ectomycorrhiza From ecto- + mycorrhiza.

Inflected Forms

ectomycorrhizae (plural) ectomycorrhizas (plural)

Derived Forms

ectomycorrhization

Questions

What does ectomycorrhiza mean?: A form of mycorrhiza consisting of a sheath of fungus around the root tips of the symbiotic plant.
Where does ectomycorrhiza come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁éntos Proto-Hellenic *entós Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós) Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós)der. English ecto- English mycorrhiza English ectomycorrhiza From ecto- + mycorrhiza.

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