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Webster 1913 Edition

Oscillaria

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Osˊcil-la′ri-a

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Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
oscillare
to swing.]
(Bot.)
A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also
Oscillatoria
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