phycomater

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“seaweed”) + Latin mater (“mother”).

Noun

phycomater (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.
    • 1850, Monthly Journal of Medical Science, volume 10, page 105:
      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: […]

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