ascomycetous

1. 1.

   related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes

Questions about ascomycetous

What does ascomycetous mean?

ascomycetous means "related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes".

How many syllables are in ascomycetous?

ascomycetous has 5 syllables: a-sco-my-ce-tous. The stress falls on "my".

Is ascomycetous a common word?

ascomycetous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.