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prochlorophyte

/pɹoʊˈklɔɹəˌfaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prochloro-phyte
IPA
/pɹoʊˈklɔɹəˌfaɪt/
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a bright green cyanobacterium of the class Prochlorophyta, distinguished by the presence of both chlorophyll a and b and the lack of phycobilins (and so resembling the chloroplasts of higher plants)

Etymology

From pro- (“earlier, prior”) + chlorophyte, from chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɹoʊˈklɔɹəˌfaɪt/
  • British English: /pɹəʊˈklɒɹəfʌɪt/

Inflected Forms

prochlorophytes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce prochlorophyte?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹoʊˈklɔɹəˌfaɪt/.
What does prochlorophyte mean?
a bright green cyanobacterium of the class Prochlorophyta, distinguished by the presence of both chlorophyll a and b and the lack of phycobilins (and so resembling the chloroplasts of higher plants)
Where does prochlorophyte come from?
From pro- (“earlier, prior”) + chlorophyte, from chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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