watermelon snow (English, noun)
expansion: watermelon snow (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: Snow stained with patches of red and green, naturally caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis.
tags: uncountable
glosses: Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae containing the red pigment astaxanthin, secondary to green chlorophyll, sometimes encountered as reddish streaks in snow.
tags: uncountable
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