Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pycnoxylic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: py-c-noxylic
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Compact, dense with small rays of xylem, and not having much pith or cortex.

Example Sentences

"The significance of pycnoxylic versus manoxylic organisation of wood is still not well understood. Pycnoxylic wood is a primitive feature of progymnosperms with regard to manoxylic wood with wide and high rays."

Etymology

From pycno- + xylic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pycno

Frequently Paired Words

manoxylic

Questions

What does pycnoxylic mean?: Compact, dense with small rays of xylem, and not having much pith or cortex.
Where does pycnoxylic come from?: From pycno- + xylic.

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