blasto-
US/blæstoʊ-/
blasto- prefix: bud; budding; germination.
Prefix
blasto-
- bud; budding; germination
- germ cell
- blastophthoria
Origin of blasto-
From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).
Words formed from blasto-
- Blastobacter
- Blastobasidae
- blastocarpus
- Blastocladiales
- blastocone
- blastogranitic
- Blastoidea
- blastokinesis
- blastomycete
- blastomycin
- blastopelitic
- blastophitic
- blastophoral
- blastoporphyritic
- blastopsammite
- blastopsephitic
- blastozooid
- blasyomylonite
Questions about blasto-
- What does blasto- mean?
- Blasto- means bud; budding; germination.
- What part of speech is blasto-?
- Blasto- is a prefix.
- How do you pronounce blasto-?
- Blasto- is pronounced /blæstoʊ-/ (US).
Words near blasto- in the dictionary
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