assimilator

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

assimilator (plural assimilators)

1. A person or thing which assimilates.
2. In algae, a filament of cells involved with photosynthesis, usually full of chloroplasts.

Translations

biology

• Polish: asymilator m, asymilant m

References

• Christiaan van den Hoek, D. G. Mann, Hans Martin Jahns, Algae: An Introduction to Phycology (CUP, 1995, →ISBN

Latin

Verb

assimilātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of assimilō