chlorococcum

Questions about chlorococcum

What does chlorococcum mean?

chlorococcum means "type genus of Chlorococcales; unicellular green algae occurring singly or in a layer on soil or damp rock".

How many syllables are in chlorococcum?

chlorococcum has 4 syllables and divides as chlo-ro-coc-cum 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.

What is another word for chlorococcum?

Close synonyms include genus Chlorococcum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chlorococcum a common word?

chlorococcum 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.