Word: metaxenia
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
ta
xe
ni
a
Definition: ectogeny. The effect of pollen on parts of the seed and fruit lying outside the embryo and endosperm.
Morphemes:
Affix: meta-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Relating to metabolism; the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
Affix: xenia
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ξένος
Language: grc
Decoded: xenos
Meaning: stranger, guest
Affix: -ῐ́ᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns