HYPNEA


Meaning of HYPNEA in English

ˈhipnēə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Hypnum, genus of mosses

: a genus (the type of the family Hypneaceae) comprising red algae of the order Gigartinales that have a thallus of terete fleshy branches with the tips curving inward like tendrils and that include one ( H. musciformis ) which is occasionally used as a source of agar

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