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Nitella

noun

fragile branching stoneworts

• Syn: ↑genus Nitella

• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Characeae, ↑family Characeae

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\\nīˈtelə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin nitēre to shine + New Latin -ella — more at neat

: a genus of delicate branching stoneworts (family Characeae) differing from Chara in lacking a cortical layer of cells and in having the leaves all branched

Useful english dictionary. 2012.