Pleurocapsa
noun
Pleu·ro·cap·sa
\ˌplu̇rəˈkapsə\
Definition of Pleurocapsa
: a genus (the type of the family Pleurocapsaceae) of branching filamentous epiphytic blue-green algae reproducing by true endospores that is sometimes isolated in a separate order
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Origin and Etymology of pleurocapsa
New Latin, from pleur- + Latin capsa chest, case — more at case
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