Word: sporophytes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sporo
phytes
Definition: Plural of sporophyte; the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Morphemes:
Affix: spore
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To produce spores.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σπείρω
Language: grc
Decoded: speiro
Meaning: to sow, to scatter
Affix: -η
Language: grc
Decoded: -e
Meaning: o-grade
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -phyte
Language: en
Meaning: plant
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φυτόν
Language: grc
Decoded: phuton
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.