Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zygophyte

/ˈzaɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zy-go-phyte
IPA: /ˈzaɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/

30

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.

Obsolete

Etymology

From zygo- (“union; pair”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: zygo
Suffix: phyte

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

zygophytes (plural)

Derived Forms

zygophytic

Frequently Paired Words

oophyte

Questions

How do you pronounce zygophyte?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzaɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/.
What does zygophyte mean?: Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.
Where does zygophyte come from?: From zygo- (“union; pair”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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