Word: apoplasts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
pop
lasts
Definition: Plural of apoplast. The space outside of a plant's plasma membrane through which water and soluble nutrients are transported across a tissue or organ
Morphemes:
Affix: apo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: the apoprotein form of the protein
Affix: -plast
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A plastid; any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein
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.