phycomater

English

Etymology

From phyco- + 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: […]

Anagrams

• chromatype, macrophyte, pachometry