zygosporicadjective
Factsheet
What does the adjective zygosporic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zygosporic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Entry status
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How common is the adjective zygosporic?
| 1900 | 0.0013 |
| 1910 | 0.0012 |
| 1920 | 0.001 |
| 1930 | 0.0011 |
| 1940 | 0.0008 |
| 1950 | 0.0006 |
| 1960 | 0.0005 |
| 1970 | 0.0005 |
| 1980 | 0.0004 |
| 1990 | 0.0004 |
| 2000 | 0.0003 |
| 2010 | 0.0002 |
Where does the adjective zygosporic come from?
Earliest known use
1900s
The earliest known use of the adjective zygosporic is in the 1900s.
OED's earliest evidence for zygosporic is from 1906, in Science.
Nearby entries
- zygopterid, n. & adj.1900–
- zygosis, n.1880–
- zygosity, n.1952–
- zygosome, n.1905–
- zygosperm, n.1880–
- zygosphenal, adj.1854–
- zygosphene, n.1854–
- zygosphere, n.1880–
- zygospondyline, adj.1892–
- zygospore, n.1864–
- zygosporic, adj.1906–
- zygostat, n.1623
- zygostatical, adj.1656
- zygostyle, n.1881–
- zygote, n.1891–
- zygotene, n.1911–
- zygotic, adj.1909–
- -zygotic, comb. form
- zygotically, adv.1915–
- zygotoblast, n.1899–
- zygotoid, n.1891–
Meaning & use
- 1906–Of the nature of or producing zygospores.Stressed as zygoˈsporic.
- 1906
Zygosporic cultures of the ‘Harvest Strain’ have..been kept running for nearly ten years.
Science 27 July 122/2 - 1970
In some species [of the genus Endogone]..the fruit-body is entirely zygosporic.
J. Webster, Introduction to Fungi ii. ii. 141
the world life biology biological processes procreation or reproduction reproductive substances or cells [adjectives] spore- formalc1400–1676Of or pertaining to form, n., in various senses. Pertaining to the specific form of an animal or plant. Of a seed or germ: Endowed with a…
- sporular1819–Having the character of, pertaining to, a sporule.
- zoosporous1845–Producing zoospores; of the nature of, or effected by zoospores; = zoosporic, adj.
- zoosporic1854–Producing zoospores; of the nature of, or effected by zoospores; = zoosporous, adj.
- polysporous1858–Containing or producing numerous spores; involving or characterized by the production of numerous spores.
- polyspored1882–= polysporous, adj.
- sporulating1897–
- sporulated1898–
- polyzoic1901–Chiefly Zoology. Of, relating to, or designating a parasitic sporozoan whose oocysts produce a large number of sporozoites. rare.
- zygosporic1906–Of the nature of or producing zygospores.
- polyspore1959–Of or derived from many spores; = polysporous, adj.
- propagular1967–Of or relating to a propagule or propagules.
Frequency
zygosporic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zygosporic is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zygosporic, adj., 1900–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 0.0013 |
| 1910 | 0.0012 |
| 1920 | 0.001 |
| 1930 | 0.0011 |
| 1940 | 0.0008 |
| 1950 | 0.0006 |
| 1960 | 0.0005 |
| 1970 | 0.0005 |
| 1980 | 0.0004 |
| 1990 | 0.0004 |
| 2000 | 0.0003 |
| 2010 | 0.0002 |