Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

isidiiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: isidi-if-er-ous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing an isidium or isidia (a vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens).

Example Sentences

"Apothecia sessile or slightly elevated, mostly in the centre; disc at first concave, afterwards nearly plane, dark chestnut-coloured, surrounded by a naked or isidiiferous, indexed, thallodal margin; asci elongato-subventricose, 8 spored; spores elliptical, unilocular, hyaline; .002 in. long, by .00125 in. broad."

Etymology

From isidium + -i- + ferous.

Inflected Forms

more isidiiferous (comparative) most isidiiferous (superlative) isidioferous (alternative)

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does isidiiferous mean?: Bearing an isidium or isidia (a vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens).
Where does isidiiferous come from?: From isidium + -i- + ferous.

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