词根词缀：alg-

【来源及含义】Latin: seaweed

【相关描述】Don't confuse this Latin element with the Greek element alg-, algo- which means "pain".

【同源单词】aerohygrocola, alga, algicide, algin, alginate, alginic acid

词根词缀：-cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous

【来源及含义】Latin: to inhabit; to live in, to live on, to live among; to dwell; living among, dwelling in; occurring on, occurring in

【相关描述】Suffixes that refer to the location or an area of growth. Used primarily in botanical and biological terminology to indicate a plant or an organism that is characterized by a habitat or place of existence as indicated by the combining root.

The suffix -cole is derived from Latin colere, "to inhabit, to dwell, to live".

Don't confuse this -cole, -cola , "inhabit, live in, dwelling in" unit with the following cole-, coleo- (sheath, scabbard, vagina); coll-, col- (neck); collo-, coll- (glue); colo-, col- (colon, large intestine); and colon-, coln- (farm, settlement) units.

【相关词根词缀】 Related life, live-word units: anima-; bio-; vita-; viva-.

【同源单词】acarocola, acarocole, acarocoline, acarocolous, acrodendrocola, acrodendrocole

词根词缀：-ous, -ious, -eous

【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

【相关描述】Only a small number of the hundreds of examples are presented because there are just too many to include at this time.

【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous