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fragilariacean

fragilariacean adjective: of or relating to the family Fragilariaceae of diatoms.

Adjective

fragilariacean (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the family Fragilariaceae of diatoms.
    • Several recent molecular phylogenies of diatoms indicated that the Plagiogrammaceae were part of araphid diatoms and positioned in a clade containing some fragilariacean and rhaphoneidacean diatoms at the base of araphid pennate diatoms.2015 October 15, “New Insights into Plagiogrammaceae (Bacillariophyta) Based on Multigene Phylogenies and Morphological Characteristics with the Description of a New Genus and Three New Species”, in...

Origin of fragilariacean

From Fragilariaceae + -an.

Questions about fragilariacean

What does fragilariacean mean?
Fragilariacean means of or relating to the family Fragilariaceae of diatoms.
What part of speech is fragilariacean?
Fragilariacean is an adjective.

Words near fragilariacean in the dictionary

  1. fraggle attack
  2. fraggle attacks
  3. fraghan
  4. fraghans
  5. fragicide
  6. fragilariacean
  7. fragilarioid
  8. fragilarioids
  9. fragile
  10. fragile masculinity
  11. fragile X

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