Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phylogenetic tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: phy-lo-ge-net-ic tree
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branching diagram illustrating the potential evolutionary relationships among biological organisms or other entities in which the tree-maker hypothesizes share a common ancestor.

Example Sentences

"However, phylogenetic trees describe the relatedness between living organisms (and their classification) rather than ancestry. They measure the genetic distance between organisms, and identify the nearest relatives."

Inflected Forms

phylogenetic trees (plural)

Questions

What does phylogenetic tree mean?: A branching diagram illustrating the potential evolutionary relationships among biological organisms or other entities in which the tree-maker hypothesizes share a common ancestor.

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