English Explanatory Dictionary

ceramidium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In macroalgae in the Rhodomelaceae family, the urn-shaped envelope surrounding the sporogenous filaments of the cystocarp

Word forms

ceramidium ceramidia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέραμος (kéramos, “earthen vessel”) + -idium.

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