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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Desmid

· Des·mid · IPA /ˈdɛz.mɪd/
01 n. A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiæ, a group of unicellular algæ in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally…
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    A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiæ, a group of unicellular algæ in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.(Bot.)