phycomater

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noun

A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.

OriginLatin mater →
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Meanings

nounphycomater (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.

    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: […]

    1850, Monthly Journal of Medical Science, volume 10, page 105

Origin

  1. Latinmater“mother”
  2. Englishphycomater

From phyco- + Latin mater (“mother”).

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Anagrams

macrophytepachometry
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