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GENUS NITELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nitella mean?
• GENUS NITELLA (noun)
The noun GENUS NITELLA has 1 sense:
1. fragile branching stoneworts
Familiarity information: GENUS NITELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fragile branching stoneworts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nitella; Nitella
Hypernyms ("genus Nitella" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Holonyms ("genus Nitella" is a member of...):
Characeae; family Characeae (green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts)
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