cacogenesis

1. 1.

   inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile

   Broadersterility

Other forms of cacogenesis

plural

cacogenesises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cacogenesis

What does cacogenesis mean?

cacogenesis means "inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile".

How many syllables are in cacogenesis?

cacogenesis has 5 syllables and divides as ca-co-ge-ne-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.