phycomater
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From phyco- + Latin mater (“mother”).
Noun
[edit]phycomater (uncountable)
- (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: […]