Unit 5- Word Roots Flashcards
Aqua-
Water
Anth-
A flower
Arbo-
Tree
Carp-
A fruit
-chromo
Color
Circa-
A circle
Coleo-
A shealth
Coll-
Glue
-cycle
A circle
Cyto-
Cell
Derm-
Skin
Di-
Two
Dorm-
Sleep
Ecto-
Outside
-enchyma
An infusion
Endo-
Inner
Epi-
Over
-genesis
Origin
Gibb-
Humped
Hyper-
Excessive
Hypo-
Under
Inter-
Between
-Kine
Moving
-lith
A stone
Macro-
Large
Mega-
Large, great
Meristo-
Divided
Meso-
Middle
Micro-
Small
Morpho-
Form
Myco-
A fungus
Osmo-
Pushing
Peri-
Around
Phloe-
The bark of a tree
Photo-
Light
-phyll
A leaf
-phyto
A plant
-plast
Formed, molded
-Pomo
Fruit
-pori
A pore, small opening
-rhizo/rhiza
A root
Sclero-
Hard
Stam-
Standing upright
Stato-
Standing, placed
Sym-
With, together
Thigmo-
A touch
Trachei-
The windpipe
-trop
Turn, change
Turg-
Swollen
Vascula-
A little vessel
Xero-
Dry
Xyl-
Wood