Akademik

Zygnema

noun

type genus of the family Zygnemataceae

• Syn: ↑genus Zygnema

• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Zygnemataceae, ↑family Zygnemataceae

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\\zigˈnēmə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from zyg- + -nema

: a genus of common filamentous algae (family Zygnemataceae) having two stellate chromatophores in each cell

Useful english dictionary. 2012.