Word: epibasidium
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
pi
ba
si
di
um
Definition: long and usually tapered outgrowths at the top of a basidium, bearing basidiospores
Morphemes:
Affix: epi-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Denotes an epimeric form
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἐπί
Language: grc
Decoded: epi
Meaning: on top of
Affix: basidium
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βαίνω
Language: grc
Decoded: baino
Meaning: I go
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process
Affix: -ίδιον
Language: grc
Decoded: -idion
Meaning: diminutive suffix