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Definition of Paramylum
1. n. A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water.
Definition of Paramylum
1. Noun. A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water. ¹
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Definition of Paramylum
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Medical Definition of Paramylum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paramylum
Literary usage of Paramylum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Microtechnique: A Hand-book of Methods for the Preparation by A[lbrecht] Zimmermann (1893)
"These paramylum-grains consist, as is shown in Fig. 54, IV, a—c, which 413. ...
in ti-ic large paramylum- grains of ..."
2. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"It is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrose by dilute acids.
paramylum, C0H,o0., occurs in infusoria. It is insoluble in water. ..."
3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"As the paramylum granules become reduced in size the chromatic bodies become more
frequent and lie within the enlarged masses of cytoplasm that fill the ..."
4. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1900)
"According to a recent author the stigma is covered anteriorly by one or more
strongly refracting granules of paramylum, and the whole structure serves as a ..."
5. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"paramylum grains are flattened, cylindrical, stratified bodies ... The paramylum
grains are hardly affected by water, alcohol, ether, nitric acid, ..."
6. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1907)
"paramylum grains are flattened, cylindrical, stratified bodies occurring in the
... The paramylum grains are hardly affected by water, alcohol, ether, ..."