English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “haustoria”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for haustoria is haus-to-ria, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
haus-to-ria
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result haus-tor-ia The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordhaustoria
Hyphenationhaus-to-ria
Break points2
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationhɔːˈstɔːrɪəm
Meaning & usage

What does “haustoria” mean?

haustoria: a slender projection from the root of a parasitic plant, such as a dodder, or from the hyphae of a parasitic fungus, enabling the parasite to penetrate the tissues of its host and absorb nutrients from it.

Headwordhaustorium
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationhɔːˈstɔːrɪəm
1
noun

a slender projection from the root of a parasitic plant, such as a dodder, or from the hyphae of a parasitic fungus, enabling the parasite to penetrate the tissues of its host and absorb nutrients from it.

Word breaks

How “haustoria” is split

haus·to·ria

For US English, the hyphenation result is haus-to-ria. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns haus-tor-ia.

Quick answers

Questions about “haustoria”

How do you hyphenate “haustoria”?

In the US-English result used here, haustoria is hyphenated as haus-to-ria.

Where can “haustoria” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “haustoria” mean?

a slender projection from the root of a parasitic plant, such as a dodder, or from the hyphae of a parasitic fungus, enabling the parasite to penetrate the tissues of its host and absorb nutrients from it.

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