Microcystis
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈsɪstɪs/Botany
noun
A genus of colony-forming cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) (order Chroococcales), some species of which produce toxic blooms in fresh water; (also microcystis) a member of this genus.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. From scientific Latin Microcystis from micro- + ancient Greek κύστις bladder.
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- recessive
- recessively
- recessiveness
- recessivity
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- Rechabite
- Rechabitism
- rechain
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- rechange
- rechannel
- rechannelling
- rechant
- rechargability
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- rechargeable
- recharge area
- recharge basin
- recharge one's batteries
- recharger
- recharge well