- Nemathecia
- Nemathecium Nem`a*the"ci*um (? or ?), n.; pl. {Nemathecia}. [NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma a thread + ? a box.] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red alg[ae], consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores. [1913 Webster]
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