Rivularia

noun

Riv·​u·​lar·​ia

ˌrivyəˈla(a)rēə

: a genus (the type of the family Rivulariaceae) of blue-green algae with radially arranged filaments exhibiting false branching and forming spherical to irregular somewhat gelatinous colonies

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin rivulus rivulet + New Latin -aria

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