Palmella
noun
Pal·mel·la
palˈmelə
: a genus (the type of the family Palmellaceae) comprising terrestrial and freshwater green algae that form large masses of usually immobile cells embedded in a gelatinous matrix and sometimes including forms generally held to be palmella stages of flagellated algae or plantlike flagellates
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek palmos vibration, quivering (from pallein to shake) + New Latin -ella