Moss Spelling Dictionary

leucubryum: the vowel in the middle

heard as leucubryum

spelled leucobryum

It is o. Leucobryum, from leuco- and bryum.

What the ear did

That vowel is the join between the two Greek words and carries no stress at all, so speech reduces it to a neutral sound that could be written with any vowel. The o is there because Greek compounds use o as their linking vowel, in leucocyte, chromosome and thermometer alike.

Sound decision: an unstressed vowel blurring. Said loo-koh-BRY-um.

L-E-U-C-O-B-R-Y-U-M

The full entry for leucobryum covers the name itself.

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