English

anamorph

By surface analysis, ana- + -morph.

Equivalent to ana- + -morph

Proto-Hellenic *aná ‘up, upon’

Ancient Greek ἀνά ‘on, up, above, throughout’

English ana-

Today it means

noun The asexual reproductive form in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.

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Etymograph / anamorph