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Alga vs Nemathecium - What's the difference?

alga | nemathecium |

As nouns the difference between alga and nemathecium

is that alga is start while nemathecium is (botany) a kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments that separate into tetraspores.

alga

English

(wikipedia alga)

Noun

(algae)
  • (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.
  • Usage notes

    * (term) is a non-standard plural.

    Hyponyms

    * seaweed

    nemathecium

    English

    Noun

    (nemathecia)
  • (botany) A kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments that separate into tetraspores.
  • (Webster 1913)