neurospora

1. 1.

   genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries

   Synonymsgenus Neurospora

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofSphaeriaceae

Other forms of neurospora

plural

neurosporas·

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 neurospora

What does neurospora mean?

neurospora means "genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries".

How many syllables are in neurospora?

neurospora has 5 syllables: ne-u-ro-spo-ra. The stress falls on "ro".

What is another word for neurospora?

Close synonyms include genus Neurospora. 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 neurospora a common word?

neurospora 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.