Word: loosestrifes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: loo
se
strifes
Definition: Plural of loosestrife; any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia
Morphemes:
Affix: loosestrife
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are not closely related.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: λύω
Language: grc
Decoded: luo
Meaning: loosen
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: μάχη
Language: grc
Decoded: makhe
Meaning: battle, strife
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).