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单词 spirogyra
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Definition of spirogyra in English:

spirogyra

noun ˌspʌɪrə(ʊ)ˈdʒʌɪrəˌspīrəˈjīrə
Botany

  • A filamentous green alga of a genus that includes blanket weed.

    Genus Spirogyra, division Chlorophyta

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The spirogyras send their contents through the conjugations tubes to the other one.
    • The magnified parade of protozoas, amoeba proteus and paramecia aurelia, with spirogyras and volvox green algae, amazed the kids.
    • It was a picture of spirogyra, a single cell organism, taken through a microscope.

Origin

Modern Latin, from spiro-1 'spiral' + Greek guros, gura 'round'.

Rhymes

Beira, Fujairah, Hegira, Lyra, Myra, naira, palmyra
 
 

Definition of spirogyra in US English:

spirogyra

nounˌspīrəˈjīrə
Botany

  • A filamentous freshwater green alga containing spiral bands of chloroplasts.

    Genus Spirogyra, division Chlorophyta

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The magnified parade of protozoas, amoeba proteus and paramecia aurelia, with spirogyras and volvox green algae, amazed the kids.
    • The spirogyras send their contents through the conjugations tubes to the other one.
    • It was a picture of spirogyra, a single cell organism, taken through a microscope.

Origin

Modern Latin, from spiro- ‘spiral’ + Greek guros, gura ‘round’.

 
 
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