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Desmid

Desmid Meaning & Definition
Desmid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Desmid?

[n] freshwater green algae

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See Also | chlorophyte | Desmidium | genus Desmidium | green algae

Desmid In Webster's Dictionary

\Des"mid\, Desmidian \Des*mid"i*an\, n. [Gr. desmo`s chain + e'i^dos form.] (Bot.) A microscopic plant of the family {Desmidi[ae]}, a group of unicellular alg[ae] in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.

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