schizosaccharomyces

Questions about schizosaccharomyces

What does schizosaccharomyces mean?

schizosaccharomyces means "type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae; comprises the fission yeasts".

How many syllables are in schizosaccharomyces?

schizosaccharomyces has 6 syllables: schizo-sac-cha-ro-my-ces. The stress falls on "ro".

What is another word for schizosaccharomyces?

Close synonyms include genus Schizosaccharomyces. 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 schizosaccharomyces a common word?

schizosaccharomyces 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.