Desmid
Pronunciation : Des"mid, Des*mid"i*an
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: A microscopic plant of the family Desmidi?, a group of unicellular alg? in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913