||Xan*thid"i*um (?), n.; pl.
Xanthidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. xanqo`s
yellow.] (Bot.) A genus of minute unicellular algæ
of the desmids. These algæ have a rounded shape and are armed
with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches,
and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone.
||Xan*thid"i*um (?), n.; pl.
Xanthidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. xanqo`s
yellow.] (Bot.) A genus of minute unicellular algæ
of the desmids. These algæ have a rounded shape and are armed
with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches,
and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone.
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