hormogoniumn.
/hɔːməʊˈɡəʊnɪəm/ Botany.
= hormogone n.
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1880 W. G. Farlow Marine Algæ in Rep. Commissioner Fish & Fisheries 1879 (U.S. Senate Misc. Document 59, 46th Cong., 2nd Session) App. A. 12 The cells intermediate between the two heterocysts escape in the form of a small chain called a hormogonium.
1948 New Biol. 5 13 Most filamentous blue-green algae form hormogonia.
1965 F. E. Round Biol. Algae ii. 24 The short lengths of trichomes thus released are known as hormogonia.
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