palmella means A soaptree (Yucca elata), of the arid southwestern and south-central US and northern Mexico.
Etymology
From resemblance to green algae of the genus Palmella.
noun
- A soaptree (Yucca elata), of the arid southwestern and south-central US and northern Mexico.
- A colony, or an individual cell within a colony, of immobile, asexually reproducing green algae, formed in response to adverse conditions such as desiccation.