Word: hypobasidium
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hy
po
ba
si
di
um
Definition: the cell at the base of a basidium; a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes
Morphemes:
Affix: hypo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Below; beneath; under.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὑπο-
Language: grc
Decoded: upo-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: under, sub-, hypo-
Affix: basidium
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βαίνω
Language: grc
Decoded: baino
Meaning: I go
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process
Affix: -ίδιον
Language: grc
Decoded: -idion
Meaning: diminutive suffix