Word: biscuitroots
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bi
scuit
roots
Definition: Plural of biscuitroot. Any of a number of North American plants in the genus Lomatium, with edible, starchy roots.
Morphemes:
Affix: biscuit
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bis-
Language: la
Decoded: bis-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: An occasional variant of bi- prefixed to roots beginning with a vowel, as in bisalternate
Affix: coctus
Language: la
Decoded: coctus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: cooked, having been cooked.
Affix: root
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A root vegetable; any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.