Word: alginates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: al
gi
nates
Definition: Plural of alginate
Morphemes:
Affix: alga
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
Affix: -in
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Alternative form of -ing.. Used to form uncountable nouns from various parts of speech denoting materials or systems of objects considered collectively.
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: resembling the specified thing
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.