ZYGNEMATACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zygnemataceae mean? 

• ZYGNEMATACEAE (noun)
  The noun ZYGNEMATACEAE has 1 sense:

1. pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses

  Familiarity information: ZYGNEMATACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZYGNEMATACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Zygnemataceae; Zygnemataceae

Hypernyms ("Zygnemataceae" is a kind of...):

protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "Zygnemataceae"):

genus Zygnema; Zygnema (type genus of the family Zygnemataceae)

pond scum (free-floating freshwater green algae)

genus Spirogyra (a genus of protoctist)

Holonyms ("Zygnemataceae" is a member of...):

order Zygnemales; order Zygnematales; Zygnemales; Zygnematales (pond scums; desmids)