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noun
A member of the class Cyanophyceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bacteriology, biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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noun
cyanobacterium
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bacteriology, biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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adjective
relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cyanobacterial
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History
From cyano- (“dark blue-green”) + -phyte (“plant”).
