English Explanatory Dictionary

palmella

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soaptree (Yucca elata), of the arid southwestern and south-central US and northern Mexico.
noun
  1. A colony, or an individual cell within a colony, of immobile, asexually reproducing green algae, formed in response to adverse conditions such as desiccation.

Word forms

palmella palmellas

Etymology

From resemblance to green algae of the genus Palmella.

Synonyms

soaptree yucca soapweed soapweed yucca

Derived words

palmella stage palmella state palmellar palmellin palmelloid
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