noun

morphology

morphology, structure, form

Linguistic morphology studies word structure.

Linguistic morphology studies word structure.

The morphology of the plant is quite unusual.

The morphology of the plant is quite unusual.

the morphology of ((sth.)) the structure/form of (sth.) The morphology of the plant is unusual.

Synonyms: structure, form, anatomy

From Greek 'morphē' (form, shape) + '-logia' (study of). It literally means 'the study of form'.

Break it down: 'morph' (like in metamorphosis) means 'form' and '-ology' (like in biology) means 'the study of'.

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