Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phytophthora

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: phy-toph-tho-ra
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many parasitic pseudofungi, of the genus Phytophthora, that cause brown rot in plants.

Etymology

From the translingual Phytophthora (genus name), from Ancient Greek φῡτόν (phūtón, “plant”) + φθορᾱ́ (phthorā́, “destruction, ruin”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Phytophthora, φῡτόν

Inflected Forms

phytophthoras (plural)

Questions

What does phytophthora mean?: Any of many parasitic pseudofungi, of the genus Phytophthora, that cause brown rot in plants.
Where does phytophthora come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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