Anabaena Definition
ănə-bēnə
noun
Any of various freshwater cyanobacteria of the genus Anabaena that sometimes occur in drinking water and cause a bad taste and odor.
American Heritage
A freshwater blue-green alga (genus Anabaena), often growing in reservoirs, that may make the water taste or smell fishy.
Webster's New World
A mass of such algae.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Anabaenoideae — some filamentous cyanobacteria.
Wiktionary
Origin of Anabaena
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New Latin Anabaena genus name from Greek anabainein to go up ana- ana- bainein to go gwā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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