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myxophycean
myxophycean, a. (mɪksəʊˈfaɪsiːən) [f. mod.L. name of class Myxophyceæ, f. myxo- + Gr. ϕῦκ-ος seaweed + -eæ suffix designating the class (cf. -aceæ).] Belonging or pertaining to the Myxophyceæ or Cyanophyceæ, a class of unicellular or filamentous blue-green algae.1939 G. W. Prescott in F. R. Moulton ...
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myxoxanthophyll
myxoxanthophyll, n. Biochem. Brit. /ˌmɪksəʊˈzanθə(ʊ)fɪl/, U.S. /ˌmɪksoʊˈzænθəˌfɪl/ [‹ myxo- (in scientific Latin Myxophyceae: see myxophycean adj.) + xanthophyll n., after myxoxanthin n.] Any of a group of related carotenoid pigments present (usually as rhamnosides) in the photosynthetic apparatus o...
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myxoxanthin
myxoxanthin, n. Biochem. Brit. /ˌmɪksə(ʊ)ˈzanθɪn/, U.S. /ˌmɪksoʊˈzænθɪn/ [‹ myxo- (in scientific Latin Myxophyceae: see myxophycean adj.) + xanthin n.] A carotenoid pigment found in cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), now identified as 4-oxo-β-carotene (echinenone).1935 I. M. Heilbron et al. in Nature...
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cyanophycin
cyanophycin, n. Biochem. (ˌsaɪənəʊˈfaɪsɪn) [a. It. cianoficina (A. Borzi 1886, in Malpighia I. 79): cf. cyano-, phycic a., -in1.] A polypeptide present in the form of food storage granules in most cyanobacteria.1896 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXXVIII. 263 The granules he looks upon as crystals belonging...
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cyanophycean
cyanophycean, a. Bot. (saɪənəʊˈfaɪsɪən) Also Cyanophycean. [f. mod.L. Cyanophyceae, f. cyano- + phyco- + -ācea: see -an.] Of or pertaining to the class Cyanophyceae, which comprises the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) and is coextensive with the division Cyanophyta.1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 409/1 Th...
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