Word: diatropisms
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: di
a
tro
pi
sms
Definition: Plural of diatropism. The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
Morphemes:
Affix: dia-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: through, across, between
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.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).