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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Snow stained with patches of red and green, naturally caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis.
- Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae containing the red pigment astaxanthin, secondary to green chlorophyll, sometimes encountered as reddish streaks in snow.
Synonyms
[edit]- (snow stained with red and green): pink snow, red snow, blood snow
- (Chlamydomonas nivalis): snow algae, pink snow, red snow, blood snow