phycomater

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English

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Etymology

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From phyco- + Latin mater (mother).

Noun

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phycomater (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.
    • 1850, Monthly Journal of Medical Science, volume 10, page 105:
      The cells, granules, and plasma of which they consist become developed, and propagate themselves in the areolar and vascular net-works within the canals, like the sporules, thallus, and phycomater of fungi: []

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