English Explanatory Dictionary

-mycete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form words used for categorising fungi based on their evolutionary origin, life history, growth form, or ecological preferences.

Word forms

-mycete

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek μῠ́κης (mŭ́kēs)der. English -mycete From Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom, fungus, mushroom-shaped objects”).

Related words

mycete myc- myco- -myces -phyte -zoan

Derived words

allomycete ascomycete basidiomycete chytridiomycetes coelomycetes deuteromycete discomycete gasteromycete heterobasidiomycete homobasidiomycete hyphomycete monoblepharidomycetes myxomycete oomycete phycomycete phytomycete plectomycete pyrenomycete trichomycete urediniomycete ustilaginomycete zygomycete
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