Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of red or purple algæ?, belonging to the order Florideæ and the type of the suborder Hypneæ.
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Hypnea musciformis (hypnea) is red algae, originally from Trieste in Italy, and is now distributed throughout the world.
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