Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The gelatin in which the sporules of algaceous plants first vegetate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A gelatin in which the algæ spores have been supposed to vegetate.
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- noun obsolete A
gelatin in which thealgae spores have been supposed tovegetate .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek seaweed + Latin mater mother.
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