ascomycetes
Meaning of ascomycetes
plural 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 ascomycetes
- It is a name.
- The singular form of ascomycetes is: ascomycete.
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Hyphenation of ascomycetes
as-comycetes
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- ascomycetes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ascomycetes synonyms
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