Associations to the word «Diatom»

Wiktionary

DIATOM, noun. A group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta, formerly all included in the order Diatomaceae, now obsolete.

Dictionary definition

DIATOM, noun. Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica.

Wise words

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