释义 |
pro·to·siphon \“+\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from prot- + Greek siphōn siphon, tube, pipe : a genus (the type of the family Protosiphonaceae) of unicellular multinucleate freshwater green algae consisting of a single form (P. botryoides) that is broadly tubular or more or less balloon-shaped and grows often confusingly mingled with Botrydium attached to mud by a single rarely branching rhizoid • pro·to·siphonaceous \“+\ adjective |