Word: greenschist
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: greens
chist
Definition: A metamorphic rock formed at low temperature and pressure, often with an abundance of green minerals such as chlorite, serpentine, and epidote.
Morphemes:
Affix: green
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
Affix: schist
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: schistos lapis
Language: la
Decoded: schistos lapis
Meaning: the stone that is easy to split