monosiphonic

adjective

mono·​siphonic

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variants or monosiphonous

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: consisting of a single tube or row of cells (as the thallus of various red algae or the hydrocaulus of some hydrozoans) compare polysiphonic

Word History

Etymology

mon- + siphon- + -ic or -ous

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