ANABAENA

Meaning of ANABAENA in English

n. type of fresh-water algae

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

ANABAENA — Genus of blue-green algae ( cyanobacteria ). Found as plankton in shallow water and on moist soil, they occur in …
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ANABAENA — ˌanəˈbēnə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek anabainein to go up, shoot up, from ana- + bainein to go — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANABAENA — /an'euh bee"neuh/ , n. any of the freshwater algae of the genus Anabaena, commonly occurring in masses and often contaminating …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANABAENA — genus of nitrogen-fixing blue-green algae with beadlike or barrellike cells and occasionally an enlarged cell (heterocyst), found as plankton in …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANABAENA — n. Genus of blue-green algae ( cyanobacteria ). Found as plankton in shallow water and on moist soil, they occur …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ANABAENA — Any of various freshwater algae of the genus anabaena that sometimes occur in drinking water and cause a bad taste …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
NOSTOCACEAE — ˌnästəˈkāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Nostoc, type genus + -aceae : a family of minute freshwater …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANABATHMOS — ˌänəˌbäthˈmȯs noun ( plural anabath·moi -ˈmē) Etymology: Middle Greek, from Greek, flight of steps, “song of steps”, from anabainein to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANABASIS — əˈnabəsə̇s noun Etymology: Greek, act of going up, expedition up from the coast into Asia, increasing period of a disease, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANABATIC — /an'euh bat"ik/ , adj. Meteorol. 1. pertaining to an uphill wind produced by the effects of local heating. Cf. katabatic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANABAS — /an"euh bas'/ , n. any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia. …
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-A — -a 1 a plural ending of nouns borrowed from Greek and Latin: phenomena; criteria; data; errata; genera. -a 2 a …
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NITROGEN FIXATION — any natural or industrial process that causes free nitrogen, which is a relatively inert gas plentiful in air, to combine …
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SALVINIALES — plant order containing two families of tiny ferns that float on water (Salviniaceae and Azollaceae), each consisting of one genus. …
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