
• (n.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores. • (n.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores.
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Nem`a·the'ci·um noun ;
plural Nemathecia . [ New Latin , from Greek ... a thread + ... a box.]
(Botany) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algæ, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores.
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a wartlike protuberance on the thallus of certain red algae, containing tetraspores, antheridia, or cystocarps.
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