palmella

Noun

 * 1) A soaptree, of the arid southwestern and south-central US and northern Mexico.

Etymology 2
From resemblance to green algae of the genus

Noun

 * 1) A colony, or an individual cell within a colony, of immobile, asexually reproducing green algae, formed in response to adverse conditions such as desiccation.

Derived terms

 * palmella stage/palmella state
 * palmellar
 * palmellin
 * palmelloid