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ulvophycean

ulvophycean noun: any green alga of the class Ulvophyceae.

Noun

ulvophycean (plural ulvophyceans)

  1. Any green alga of the class Ulvophyceae
    • In future chloroplast phylogenomic studies, broader sampling of chlorophytes, in particular of ulvophycean lineages, as well as the use of improved models of sequence evolution might allow the construction of more robust and reliable trees.2016 February 6, “Distinctive Architecture of the Chloroplast Genome in the Chlorodendrophycean Green Algae Scherffelia dubia and Tetraselmis sp. CCMP 881”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    ulvophyte

Synonyms of ulvophycean

Forms of ulvophycean

pluralulvophyceans

Origin of ulvophycean

Ulvophyceae + -an

Questions about ulvophycean

What does ulvophycean mean?
Ulvophycean means any green alga of the class Ulvophyceae.
What part of speech is ulvophycean?
Ulvophycean is a noun.
What is the plural of ulvophycean?
The plural of ulvophycean is ulvophyceans.

Words near ulvophycean in the dictionary

  1. Ulverston
  2. Ulverstone
  3. ulvite
  4. ulvoid
  5. ulvoids
  6. ulvophycean
  7. ulvophyceans
  8. ulvophyte
  9. ulvophytes
  10. ulvospinel
  11. ulvospinels

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