Word: diageotropism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: di
a
ge
ot
ro
pism
Definition: The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the centre of the Earth.
Morphemes:
Affix: dia-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: through, across, between
Affix: geo-
Language: en
Meaning: earth
Affix: -tropism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: movement, turning.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tropus
Language: la
Decoded: tropus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a way of singing, a song
Affix: -ism
Language: en
Decoded: -ism
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.