urocystis

Questions about urocystis

What does urocystis mean?

urocystis means "a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae".

How many syllables are in urocystis?

urocystis has 4 syllables and divides as u-ro-cy-stis 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 urocystis?

Close synonyms include genus Urocystis. 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 urocystis a common word?

urocystis 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.