ascomycete
Meaning of ascomycete
noun
a fungus whose spores develop within asci (cylindrical sacs). They include most moulds, mildews, and yeasts, the fungal component of most lichens, and a few large forms such as morels and truffles.
mid 19th century: from modern Latin Ascomycetes (former class name), from Greek askos ‘sac’ + mukētes ‘fungi’.
Information about ascomycete
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ascomycete is: ascomycetes.
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Hyphenation of ascomycete
as-comycete
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- ascomycete is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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