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GENUS TRICHODESMIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Trichodesmium mean?
• GENUS TRICHODESMIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS TRICHODESMIUM has 1 sense:
1. a genus of blue-green algae
Familiarity information: GENUS TRICHODESMIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of blue-green algae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Trichodesmium" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Trichodesmium"):
trichodesmium (large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation)
Holonyms ("genus Trichodesmium" is a member of...):
family Oscillatoriaceae; Oscillatoriaceae (blue green algae)
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