spirogyra

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noun

Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals.

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Meanings

nounspirogyra (plural spirogyras)

plural spirogyras

  1. Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals.

    Then he produced a bottle of it, green and slimy. I recognised the spirogyra I’d seen in biology classes.

    2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 70

Origin

  1. translingualSpirogyra
  2. Englishspirogyra

From translingual Spirogyra.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 水綿 /水绵
  • 水綿 /水绵 (shuǐmián)any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals
Italian spirogira
  • spirogiraany of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals
Japanese 水綿
  • 水綿 (mizu wata)any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals
Russian спироги́ра
  • спироги́ра (spirogíra)any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals
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APA

spirogyra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirogyra

MLA

“spirogyra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirogyra. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spirogyra,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirogyra.

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