Word: haplosteles
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hap
lo
ste
les
Definition: Plural of haplostele. A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem is smooth, without lobes or mixing of the tissues.
Morphemes:
Affix: haplo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: haploid; an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἁ-
Language: grc
Decoded: a-
Meaning: one, same
Affix: -πλόος
Language: grc
Decoded: -ploos
Meaning: -fold
Affix: stele
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: στήλη
Language: grc
Decoded: stele
Meaning: upright rock; pillar; column
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).