Tetracystis

Translingual

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres
    Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores
    Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)
    Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-)bor.
    Translingual tetra-
    Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis)der.
    Translingual Tetracystis

    From tetra- (“four”, from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-)) +‎ Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).

    Coined by botanist Richard Malcolm Brown and by botanist Harold Charles Bold in 1964.

    Proper noun

    Tetracystis f

    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chlorococcaceae – certain green algae.

    See also

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