Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesophyll

/ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: mes-o-phyll
IPA: /ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fɪl/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A leaf of middling size, between macrophyll and microphyll.

Countable

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 -phyll English mesophyll From meso- + -phyll.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fɪl/
British English: /ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fɪl/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

mesophylls (plural)

Derived Forms

mesophyllic

Phrases

palisade mesophyll

Synonyms

diploe

Questions

How do you pronounce mesophyll?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fɪl/.
What does mesophyll mean?: The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf.
Where does mesophyll 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 -phyll English mesophyll From meso- + -phyll.

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