favellidium

[fav-uh-lid-ee-uhm]

noun, plural fav·el·lid·i·a

[-lid-ee-uh] .

(in certain red algae) a cystocarp wholly or partly immersed in a frond.

Origin:
1855–60; < Neo-Latin; see favella, -idium

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