xenogenesis

Questions about xenogenesis

What does xenogenesis mean?

xenogenesis means "the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal".

How many syllables are in xenogenesis?

xenogenesis has 5 syllables and divides as xe-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 xenogenesis?

Close synonyms include alternation of generations, heterogenesis. 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 xenogenesis a common word?

xenogenesis 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.