Word: bryophytic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: bry
o
phy
ic
Definition: Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
Morphemes:
Affix: bryophyte
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βρύον
Language: grc
Decoded: bruon
Meaning: moss
Affix: φυτόν
Language: grc
Decoded: phuton
Meaning: plant
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to