Word: glochids
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: glo
chids
Definition: Plural of glochid; a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)
Morphemes:
Affix: glochid
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the areoles of certain cacti such as the prickly pear.
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.