Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesofossil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meso-fos-sil
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fossil of a small part of a plant, such as a fruit, leaf or seed.

Example Sentences

"The mesofossils are small, three-dimensional and charcoalified or lignitized and yield exquisite structural details when studied with scanning electron microscopy."
"The present study, based on the morphology of leaves and reproductive organs, reveals much more diversified mesofossil plant assemblages."
"Currently, seeds assignable to Nitaspermum are recorded only from the early to mid-Albian mesofossil floras at Puddledock and Kenilworth localities, eastern North America."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English fossil English mesofossil From meso- + fossil.

Inflected Forms

mesofossils (plural) meso-fossil (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

microfossil

Questions

What does mesofossil mean?: A fossil of a small part of a plant, such as a fruit, leaf or seed.
Where does mesofossil come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English fossil English mesofossil From meso- + fossil.

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