SARCODES

Sarcodes, genus Sarcodes

(noun) snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

sarcodes

plural of sarcode

Source: Wiktionary


SARCODE

Sar"code, n. Etym: [Gr. Sarcoid.] (Biol.)

Definition: A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ANTHOZOAN

(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed


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