Word: bioreceptive
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: bi
o
re
cep
tive
Definition: Designed to encourage the surface growth of plants and plant-like organisms such as mosses and lichens
Morphemes:
Affix: bio-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: organic life
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βίο-
Language: grc
Decoded: bio-
Meaning: βίο-
Affix: receptive
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: receptus
Language: la
Decoded: receptus
Meaning: retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received
Affix: -īvus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
Meaning: suffix added to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning ‘doing; related to doing’