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Desmic vs Desmid - What's the difference?

desmic | desmid |

As an adjective desmic

is related such that each edge of one cuts a pair of opposite edges of the other.

As a noun desmid is

any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order desmidiales.

desmic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Related such that each edge of one cuts a pair of opposite edges of the other.

    • desmid

    English

    (Desmidiales)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
  • * 1981', Alan J. Brook, ''The Biology of Desmids'', University of California Press, ''Botanical Monographs'' ' 16 , page 1
    • Desmids , which are exclusively freshwater algae, are so named because the first of these green microorganisms to be described were thought to be pairs of cells joined together, and the Greek word 'desmos' means a bond or chain.

    Related terms

    * desmidian

    See also

    * (Desmidiales)