monogenesis

Questions about monogenesis

What does monogenesis mean?

monogenesis means "asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores".

How many syllables are in monogenesis?

monogenesis has 5 syllables and divides as mo-no-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.

What is another word for monogenesis?

Close synonyms include sporulation. 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 monogenesis a common word?

monogenesis 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.