Word: smilacin
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: smil
a
cin
Definition: sarsaparillin. A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the roots of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc. and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
Morphemes:
Affix: smilax
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers; a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
Affix: -in
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound; examples include proteins (globulin), carbohydrates (dextrin), dyes (alizarin) and others (vanillin).