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nemathecium

nemathecium noun: a kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments that separate into tetraspores.

Noun

nemathecium (plural nemathecia)

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

Forms of nemathecium

pluralnemathecia

Origin of nemathecium

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

Questions about nemathecium

What does nemathecium mean?
Nemathecium means a kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments that separate into tetraspores.
What part of speech is nemathecium?
Nemathecium is a noun.
What is the plural of nemathecium?
The plural of nemathecium is nemathecia.

Words near nemathecium in the dictionary

  1. nemastomatids
  2. Nemat
  3. nemat-
  4. nemathecia
  5. nemathecial
  6. nemathecium
  7. nemathelminth
  8. nemathelminths
  9. nematic
  10. nematically
  11. nematicidal

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