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desmid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Desmid \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: desmid n : freshwater green algae
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