Word: hydrosere
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hy
dro
sere
Definition: A plant succession in which an open freshwater naturally dries out, gradually becoming swamp, marsh, etc. and ultimately woodland.
Morphemes:
Affix: hydro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Hydrozoa; coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
Affix: sere
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A natural succession of animal or plant communities in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from the time a habitat is unoccupied to the point when a climax community is achieved.