rho do sperm

[RHODOSPERMEÆ.] Bot .: Any individual algal of the Rhodospermee. rhō-do-sperme-æ, trhō-do-spör-e-æ, s . pl . [Prefix rho do- ; Gr. sperm a , or spora , sporos =aseed, and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceæ , -eœ.] Bot.: Rose-spored Algals, one of the three great divisions of the Algals. The rose-colored spores are of two kinds: Spores in capsular bodies, external or immersed, and tetraspores (q. v.). Antheridia are generally, if not universally, present. They are divided into two tribes: Desmiospermeæ, in which the spores are formed on a joint or joints of the spore threads; and Gongylospermeæ, in which they are ma ed together in a hyaline, mucous, or a membranaceous mother-cell. *rhō-do-stâu-rot-ic, adj . [ Gr.rhodon =a rose, and stauros a cro .] Rosicrucian. ( Ben Jonson.) rhō-do-tăn-nic, a. [Eng. rho do ( dendron ), and tannic.] (See compound.) rho do tannic-acid, s. Chem.: Rho do xanthin. Tannic acid extracted from the leaves of Rhododendron ferrugineum .