nemathecium

English

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek

Noun

nemathecium (plural nemathecia)

1. (botany) A kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments that separate into tetraspores.

References

• “nemathecium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.