pycnidium

1. 1.

   flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia

   Broaderplant part

Other forms of pycnidium

plural

pycnidia

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 pycnidium

What does pycnidium mean?

pycnidium means "flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia".

How many syllables are in pycnidium?

pycnidium has 4 syllables: pyc-ni-di-um. The stress falls on "ni".

Is pycnidium a common word?

pycnidium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.