Word: megagametophytes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
ga
ga
me
to
phytes
Definition: Plural of megagametophyte; the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores
Morphemes:
Affix: mega-
Language: en
Meaning: large
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μέγας
Language: grc
Decoded: megas
Meaning: great, large, mighty
Affix: gamete
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γαμετή
Language: grc
Decoded: gamete
Meaning: wife
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 regular plurals of nouns.