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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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hormogonium
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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