Dictyosiphon
noun
Dic·ty·o·siphon
¦diktēə+
: a genus (the type of the family Dictyosiphonaceae) of brown algae (order Dictyosiphonales) having filiform fronds that taper to acute points
dictyosiphonaceous adjective
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from dicty- + Greek siphōn tube, pipe, siphon