Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a peculiarly modified branch of the thallus in some algæ, which serves as a receptacle for the tetraspores. See cut under
Algæ .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red algæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A special
pod -like orfusiform branch containingtetraspores , found in redalgae .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek, diminutive of "row".
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