"nemathecium" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nemathecia [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “thread”) (compare nemato-) + θήκη (thḗkē, “sheath”) + -ium. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|νῆμα||thread}} Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “thread”), {{af|en|-ium}} -ium Head templates: {{en-noun|nemathecia}} nemathecium (plural nemathecia)
  1. (botany) A kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments that separate into tetraspores.

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