ˌbaŋēˈāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Bangia, type genus (from Hoffman Bang, 19th century Dan. botanist + New Latin -ia ) + -aceae
: a family of chiefly marine red algae (order Bangiales) having a simple unbranched mostly thin or membranaceous thallus with a single stellate axile chromatophore in each cell and no pits in the cell walls
• bang·i·a·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷shəs adjective