Word: auxic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: au
xic
Definition: Relating to an auxin; a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth
Morphemes:
Affix: auxin
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: αὐξάνειν
Language: grc
Decoded: auxanein
Meaning: to grow
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: derived from