Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of algæ, typical of the order Protococcaceæ and class Protococcoideæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of minute unicellular algæ including the red snow plant (
Protococcus nivalis ).
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Examples
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The commonest of these is cell division, as seen in unicellular plants, such as protococcus, where the one cell which composes the plant simply divides into two, and each newly formed cell is then a complete plant.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Various
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As to the "red snow" of polar and mountainous regions, we have no opposition, because that "snow" has never been seen to fall from the sky: it is a growth of micro-organisms, or of a "protococcus," that spreads over snow that is on the ground.
The Book of the Damned Charles Fort
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Where the ordinary plants cease to exist the snowy protococcus holds undisputed sway on the extensive snow fields.
The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams
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The simple _Alga protococcus_ [3] may be regarded as a simple cell.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various
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