glœocapsoidadj.
/ɡliːəʊˈkapsɔɪd/ Botany.
Belonging to or resembling the genus Glœocapsa.
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confervoid1830
confervaceous1853
glœocapsoid1857
nostochine1857
characeous1866
palmelloid1869
nostocaceous1872
phycochromaceous1873
volvocinaceous1874
rhodophycean1876
protococcal1879
oscillatoriaceous1881
protococcoid1882
volvocinean1885
naviculoid1894
charophytic1920
myxophycean1928
floridean1935
protococcoidal1965
1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. §139. 165 The singularity consists in the repeated division of the endochrome, till we have a tube constricted at regular intervals, each division containing a glœocapsoid mass.
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adj.1857