Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pycnial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: py-c-nial
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the pycnium (the body of a fungus that produces pycniospores).

Example Sentences

"The work of Hiratsuka and Cummins has much improved our understanding of the significance of pycnia in taxonomy. Previously many authors had tended to regard pycnial position, for example, subepidermal, intraepidermal, or subcuticular, as the only pycnial feature of importance in differentiating genera (e.g., Arthur, 1934; Cummins, 1959; Thirumalachar, 1961)."

Etymology

From pycni(um) + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pycnium

Questions

What does pycnial mean?: Of or relating to the pycnium (the body of a fungus that produces pycniospores).
Where does pycnial come from?: From pycni(um) + -al.

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