Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of cellular cryptogamous aquatic plants, of the class Characeæ and type of the order Nitelleæ.
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- noun fragile branching stoneworts
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Examples
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Drs.K. S. Cole and H.J. Curtis reported having discovered that the long single cells of the fresh-water plant nitella, used frequently in goldfish bowls, are virtually identical with those of single nerve fibers.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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The nitella plant thus may become a sort of Rosetta stone for deciphering the closely guarded secrets close to the very borderland of mind and matter.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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Furthermore, they found that nitella fibers, on being excited, propagate electrical waves that are similar in every way, except velocity, to those of the nerve fibers in animals and man.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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Furthermore, they found that nitella fibers, on being excited, propagate electrical waves that are similar in every way, except velocity, to those of the nerve fibers in animals and man.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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The nitella plant thus may become a sort of Rosetta stone for deciphering the closely guarded secrets close to the very borderland of mind and matter.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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Drs.K. S. Cole and H.J. Curtis reported having discovered that the long single cells of the fresh-water plant nitella, used frequently in goldfish bowls, are virtually identical with those of single nerve fibers.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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Pheidole fimbriata Roger, Pheidole nitella Wilson and
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