Word: bacteriochlorophylls
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bac
te
ri
ochlo
ro
phylls
Definition: Plural of bacteriochlorophyll; a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants
Morphemes:
Affix: bacterio-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bacteria
Affix: chlorophyll
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: chlorophylle
Language: fr
Decoded: chlorophylle
PoS: Noun
Meaning: chlorophyll
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.