Gelidium

Translingual

Gelidium

Etymology

From Latin gelidus (“icy, chilling”).

Proper noun

Gelidium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Gelidiaceae – certain species of thalloid red algae, many used to make agar.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Biliphyta – subkingdom; Rhodophyta – phylum; Eurhodophytina – subphylum; Florideophyceae – class; Rhodymeniophycidae – subclass; Gelidiales – order; Gelidiaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gelidium amansii, Gelidium corneum – selected species; for other species see Gelidium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

Derived terms

• Gelidiophycus

References

• Gelidium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gelidium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gelidium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gelidium at AlgaeBase
• Gelidium at World Register of Marine Species
• Gelidium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gelidium at National Center for Biotechnology Information