Word: streptophytes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: strep
to
phytes
Definition: Plural of streptophyte. Any of a very large group of organisms, of the division Streptophytina, which includes the green algae and most other plants.
Morphemes:
Affix: strepto-
Language: en
Meaning: twisted
Etymology Compounds: Affix: στρέφω
Language: grc
Decoded: strepho
Meaning: I turn, I twist
Affix: -τος
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
Meaning: able to
Affix: -phyte
Language: en
Meaning: plant
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φυτόν
Language: grc
Decoded: phuton
Meaning: plant
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.