Word: hydrophytes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hy
dro
phytes
Definition: Plural of hydrophyte; 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: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.