Origin

from Greek khōrein to move

-chore, suffix Bot.|kɔə(r)|[f. Gr. χωρεῖν to go, be spread abroad.]Used to form words denoting plants whose seeds are dispersed in a particular way, as hydro-chore s.v. hydro-, *myrmecochore n., zoochore s.v. zoo-.

-chore

left, bereaved, plant distributed:

zoochore

-chore /kɔ:/ suffix.

ORIGIN: from Greek khōrein to spread.

Botany. Forming nouns denoting plants whose seeds are dispersed in a particular way, as anemochore, hydrochore.

-chore
\ˌkō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: Greek chōrein to withdraw, advance, go, spread; akin to Greek chēros left, bereaved — more at heir
: plant distributed by a (specified) means or agency
< zoochore >
• -cho·rous \|kōrəs, -ȯr-\ adjective combining form
• -cho·ry \ˌkōrē, -ȯr., -ri\ noun combining form -es

-chore

Suffix

An organism that spreads by a specified agent, or in a specified manner.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōréō, “I move, spread”).

Derived terms

English words suffixed with -chore

autochore

barochore

biochore

bryochore

dendrochore

endozoochore

hydrochore

isocore

kinetochore

myrmecochore

ornithochore

poëchore

xerochore

词汇	-chore
词根词缀	AHD Collins OED Prefixsuffix.com SOED Webster Wiktionary -chore suff.（后缀） A plant distributed by a specified agency: 传播的：被一种明确的中介力量所传播的植物： zoochore. 动物传粉的植物语源 From Greek khōrein [to spread about] * see ghē- 源自希腊语 khōrein [传播到各处] 参见 ghē- -chore combining form in countable noun (in botany) indicating a plant distributed by a certain means ⇒ anemochore Derived Forms -chorous, -choric combining form in adjective Origin from Greek khōrein* to move -chore, suffix Bot.\|kɔə(r)\|[f. Gr. χωρεῖν to go, be spread abroad.]Used to form words denoting plants whose seeds are dispersed in a particular way, as hydro-chore s.v. hydro-, myrmecochore n., zoochore* s.v. zoo-. -chore left, bereaved, plant distributed: zoochore -chore /kɔ:/ suffix. ORIGIN: from Greek khōrein to spread. Botany. Forming nouns denoting plants whose seeds are dispersed in a particular way, as anemochore, hydrochore. -chore \ˌkō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\ noun combining form (-s) Etymology: Greek chōrein to withdraw, advance, go, spread; akin to Greek chēros left, bereaved — more at heir : plant distributed by a (specified) means or agency < zoochore > • -cho·rous \\|kōrəs, -ȯr-\ adjective combining form • -cho·ry \ˌkōrē, -ȯr., -ri\ noun combining form -es -chore Suffix An organism that spreads by a specified agent, or in a specified manner. Etymology From Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōréō, “I move, spread”). Derived terms ► English words suffixed with -chore autochore barochore biochore bryochore dendrochore endozoochore hydrochore isocore kinetochore myrmecochore ornithochore poëchore xerochore
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