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homothallic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ho-mothal-lic
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing male and female reproductive structures in the same plant

noun

A homothallic fungus or alga

Etymology

From homo- + thallic.

Inflected Forms

homothallics (plural)

Derived Forms

homothallically pseudohomothallic

Frequently Paired Words

homothallism

Antonyms

heterothallic

Questions

What does homothallic mean?
Producing male and female reproductive structures in the same plant
Where does homothallic come from?
From homo- + thallic.

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