Nosema

See also: nosema

Translingual

Etymology 1

1857, coined by Carl Nägeli.[1] New Latin, a borrowing from Ancient Greek νόσημᾰ (nósēmă, disease).[1]

Proper noun

Nosema n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae – some microsporidian parasites.[1][2]
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Etymology 2

Anagram of Mesona Blume (1826)

Proper noun

Nosema n

  1. (dated, botany) A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – synonym of Platostoma.[3][4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nosema, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Nosema at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ GRIN link : Nosema Prain (+species list)
  4. ^ 'Nosema Prain at Tropicos
  5. ^ Nosema”, in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families[1], 29 March 2015 (last accessed)

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