Crossword clues for spirogyra
Wiktionary
n. Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus (taxlink Spirogyra genus noshow=1), having chloroplasts arranged in spirals.
WordNet
n. freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands
Wikipedia
Spirogyra (common names include water silk, mermaid's tressses, and blanket weed) is a genus of filamentous charophyte green algae of the order Zygnematales, named for the helical or spiral arrangement of the chloroplasts that is diagnostic of the genus. It is commonly found in freshwater areas, and there are more than 400 species of Spirogyra in the world. Spirogyra measures approximately 10 to 100 μm in width and may grow to several centimeters in length.
Spirogyra is a genus of algae.
Spirogyra may also refer to:
- Spirogyra (band), a British folk/prog rock band
- Spyro Gyra, an American jazz fusion band
- Spirogyra Lake, a lake in the South Orkney islands
Usage examples of "spirogyra".
Clumps of dried air-weed and red kelp were encrusted across the bitumened plates of the pontoon, shrivelled and burnt by the sun before they could reach the railing around the laboratory, while a dense refuse-filled mass of sargassum and spirogyra cushioned their impact as they reached the narrow jetty, oozing and subsiding like an immense soggy raft.
Phalaris Canariensis, 62 Hofmeister, on the curious movement of Spirogyra, 3, 259, n.
This bladder you see inside at the center, with the hollow spirogyra straws leading out from it to the skin of the ship, is a buoyancy tank.