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watermelon snow

watermelon snow noun: snow stained with patches of red and green, naturally caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis.

watermelon snow: snow stained with patches of red and green, naturally caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis
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Noun

watermelon snow (uncountable)

  1. Snow stained with patches of red and green, naturally caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis.
    Synonyms:
    pink snow, red snow, blood snow
  2. Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae containing the red pigment astaxanthin, secondary to green chlorophyll, sometimes encountered as reddish streaks in snow.
    Synonyms:
    snow algae, pink snow, red snow, blood snow

Synonyms of watermelon snow

Questions about watermelon snow

What does watermelon snow mean?
Watermelon snow means snow stained with patches of red and green, naturally caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis.
What part of speech is watermelon snow?
Watermelon snow is a noun.

Words near watermelon snow in the dictionary

  1. watermelon caps
  2. watermelon felon
  3. watermelon felons
  4. watermelon radish
  5. watermelon radishes
  6. watermelon snow
  7. watermelon tourmaline
  8. watermelon tourmalines
  9. watermelonade
  10. watermelonless
  11. watermelonrita

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