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Hypnea

noun
Hyp·​nea | \ ˈhipnēə\

Definition of Hypnea 

: a genus (the type of the family Hypneaceae) comprising red algae of the order Gigartinales that have a thallus of terete fleshy branches with the tips curving inward like tendrils and that include one (H. musciformis) which is occasionally used as a source of agar

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New Latin, from Hypnum, genus of mosses

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