spirogyra

See also: Spirogyra

English

Etymology

From translingual Spirogyra.

Noun

spirogyra (plural spirogyras)

  1. Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals.
    • 2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 70:
      Then he produced a bottle of it, green and slimy. I recognised the spirogyra I’d seen in biology classes.

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