Word: frostweeds
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: frost
weeds
Definition: Plural of frostweed; perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
Morphemes:
Affix: frost
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
Affix: weed
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Short for duckweed; any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
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.