Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entomophyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-to-mo-phyte
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant growing as a parasite within an insect or its larva

Etymology

From entomo- (“insect”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

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Questions

What does entomophyte mean?
Any plant growing as a parasite within an insect or its larva
Where does entomophyte come from?
From entomo- (“insect”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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