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cyanite |
cyano group |
cyano radical |
cyanobacteria |
cyanobacterial |
cyanobacterium
| cyanobacterium pl. cyanobac
cyanobacterium
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cyanobacterium, n. any prokaryotic organism of the division Cyanobacteria, found in many environments and capable of photosynthesizing. Also called blue-green alga (see BLUE(1)).
Etymology
CYANOGEN + BACTERIUM
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