† phycomatern.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin phycomater.

Etymology: < scientific Latin phycomater (1825 or earlier) < ancient Greek ϕυκο- phyco- comb. form + μάτηρ mother (see mother n.¹).

Botany. Obsolete.

A gelatinous material in which spores of certain algae and fungi germinate.

ΚΠ

1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. I. 66 This phycomater, or primitive nidus, is more or less evident or obscure, and more or less permanent or transitory, in the various groups of Algæ.

1850 Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. Feb. 105 The cells, granules, and plasma..propagate themselves..like the sporules, thallus, and phycomater of fungi.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	phycomater
释义	† phycomatern. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin phycomater. Etymology: < scientific Latin phycomater (1825 or earlier) < ancient Greek ϕυκο- phyco- comb. form + μάτηρ mother (see mother n.¹). Botany. Obsolete. A gelatinous material in which spores of certain algae and fungi germinate. ΚΠ 1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. I. 66 This phycomater, or primitive nidus, is more or less evident or obscure, and more or less permanent or transitory, in the various groups of Algæ. 1850 Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. Feb. 105 The cells, granules, and plasma..propagate themselves..like the sporules, thallus, and phycomater of fungi. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1835
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