The Collaborative International Dictionary
Protococcus
Protococcus \Pro`to*coc"cus\, n. [NL. See Proto-, and Coccus.] (Bot.) A genus of minute unicellular alg[ae] including the red snow plant ( Protococcus nivalis).
Usage examples of "protococcus".
One side looked into a little mildewed court, with a slimy growth of Protococcus viridis, and into which the people of another house constantly came to stare.
Near the end of this descent my mare took the bit between her teeth and carried me at an ungainly gallop into the beautifully situated, precipitous village of Ichikawa, which is absolutely saturated with moisture by the spray of a fine waterfall which tumbles through the middle of it, and its trees and road-side are green with the Protococcus viridis.