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saccus

/ˈsæk.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sac-cus
IPA
/ˈsæk.əs/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bladder or winglike structure found on the pollen grains of many species of conifer. The shape or number of the sacci on a pollen grain can help identify the species it came from.

noun

Alternative form of sac.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin saccus (“a sack, bag”), from Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sắkkos, “coarse cloth of hair; sack, bag”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, sack, saco, and sakkos.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: σᾰ́κκος

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

sacci (plural)

Derived Forms

gonosaccus saccate

Frequently Paired Words

sacciferous saccule sacculus

Rhymes With

bacchus backus gracchus jacchus ackamarackus bacus isopachous

Questions

How do you pronounce saccus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæk.əs/.
What does saccus mean?
A bladder or winglike structure found on the pollen grains of many species of conifer. The shape or number of the sacci on a pollen grain can help identify the species it came from.
Where does saccus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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