Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alga belonging to the division Melanospermeæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.
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- noun An
alga of any kind that producesblackish spores , or seed dust.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek black seed.
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