English Explanatory Dictionary

nemathecium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

nemathecium nemathecia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “thread”) (compare nemato-) + θήκη (thḗkē, “sheath”) + -ium.

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