Definition of spirogyra
: any of a genus (Spirogyra) of freshwater green algae with spiral chloroplasts
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Specialists reckon that human run-off contributed to the lake’s latest crisis: the sudden and widespread appearance of a new form of algae, spirogyra.
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Origin and Etymology of spirogyra
New Latin, from Latin spira + Greek gyros ring, circle
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