Definition of Hormogonium

1. n. A chain of small cells in certain algæ, by which the plant is propagated.

Definition of Hormogonium

1. Noun. A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hormogonium

1. [n -NIA]

Medical Definition of Hormogonium

1. A chain of small cells in certain algae, by which the plant is propogated. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A chain + generation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hormogonium

horizontals
hork
horked
horkey
horkeys
horking
horks
horme
hormes
hormesis
hormetic
hormetically
hormion
hormogonal
hormogonia
hormogonium (current term)
hormonal gingivitis
hormonal therapy
hormonally
hormone
hormone-replacement therapy
hormone antagonists
hormonelike
hormones
hormonic
hormonogenesis

Literary usage of Hormogonium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"At right view of a few of the plants —hr, hormogonium; h, heterocyst. FIG. 93. One of the most common forms of the Cyanophyceae, Oscillatoria. ..."

2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"... showing false branching by a hormogonium pushing past a heterocyst; 11, Scytonema, showing false branching by the pushing outward of two abutting cells ..."

3. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"A cells of hormogonium dividing at right angler* to it« long axis ; B rows of colls formed as in A uniting at alternate ends, ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of Seaweeds by George Robert Milne Murray (1895)
"It then becomes practically a hormogonium, and thus reproduces the plant. In a fresh-water form, ..."

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