| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| anabaena |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·a·bae·na |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n  -b  n |
| NOUN: | Any of various freshwater algae of the genus Anabaena that sometimes occur in drinking water and cause a bad taste and odor. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Anabaena, genus name, from Greek anabainein, to go up : ana-, ana- + bainein, to go; see gw - in Appendix I.
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