Word: planoblasts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pla
no
blasts
Definition: Plural of planoblast. Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.
Morphemes:
Affix: plano-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Alternative form of plani-; flat, level, plane
Affix: -blast
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an immature cell or tissue
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βλᾰστᾰ́νω
Language: grc
Decoded: blastano
Meaning: to bud, sprout
Affix: -τός
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive
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.