| 释义 |
ec·to·car·pa·ce·ae
\-ˌkärˈpāsēˌē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Ectocarpus, type genus + -aceae
: a cosmopolitan family of chiefly epiphytic marine brown algae (order Ectocarpales) that includes algae with a thallus of erect branching filaments arising from a creeping filament or layer or sometimes being compacted into a pseudoparenchymatous thallus — see ectocarpus
• ec·to·car·pa·ceous \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷|pāshəs\ adjective |