Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780321918550
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 8MC
The stemlike portion of a seaweed is called its ________.
- a. trunk
- b. holdfast
- c. stipe
- d. blade
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