Word: crownward
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: crown
ward
Definition: Toward a crown group. The living representatives of a collection of species, together with their ancestors back to their most recent common ancestor as well as all of that ancestor's descendants.
Morphemes:
Affix: crown
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: corōna
Language: la
Decoded: corona
Meaning: garland, crown, wreath
Affix: -ward
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look; the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.