Word: hydrophytic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: hy
dro
phy
ic
Definition: Relating to hydrophytes; a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
Morphemes:
Affix: hydro-
Language: en
Meaning: water
Affix: -phyte
Language: en
Meaning: plant
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).