Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectophyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-to-phyte
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant that lives as a parasite on the surface of another organism

Etymology

From ecto- (“outside”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ecto
Suffix: phyte

Inflected Forms

ectophytes (plural)

Derived Forms

ectophytic

Questions

What does ectophyte mean?: Any plant that lives as a parasite on the surface of another organism
Where does ectophyte come from?: From ecto- (“outside”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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