HORMOGONIUM

Noun

hormogonium (plural hormogonia)

(biology) A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament

Source: Wiktionary


Hor`mo*go*ni"um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A chain of small cells in certain algæ, by which the plant is propogated.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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