Word: germplasm
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: germ
pla
sm
Definition: Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
Morphemes:
Affix: germ
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. article on cereal germ.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: gignō
Language: la
Decoded: gigno
Meaning: I beget
Affix: -men
Language: la
Decoded: -men
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forms neuter nouns of the third declension
Affix: plasm
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A membrane or cell layer, especially one in an embryo that later develops into a structure; the constituent cells of such layer.