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bacillariophyte

bacillariophyte noun: any alga of the class Bacillariophyceae; a diatom.

Noun

bacillariophyte (plural bacillariophytes)

  1. Any alga of the class Bacillariophyceae; a diatom

Forms of bacillariophyte

pluralbacillariophytes

Origin of bacillariophyte

Bacillaria + -phyte (“plant”)

Questions about bacillariophyte

What does bacillariophyte mean?
Bacillariophyte means any alga of the class Bacillariophyceae; a diatom.
What part of speech is bacillariophyte?
Bacillariophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of bacillariophyte?
The plural of bacillariophyte is bacillariophytes.

Words near bacillariophyte in the dictionary

  1. bacillaemia
  2. bacillar
  3. bacillariaceous
  4. bacillariophycean
  5. bacillariophyceans
  6. bacillariophyte
  7. bacillariophytes
  8. bacillary
  9. bacillemia
  10. bacilli
  11. bacillian

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