assimilator

English

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.

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

Latin

Verb

assimilātor

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