Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHY'CO-MA-TER
PHTHI-SISPHY-LAC'TER, or PHY-LAC'TER-Y
PHY'CO-MA-TER, n. [Gr. φυκος and μητηρ.]
The gelatine in which the sporules of algaceous plants first vegetate. – Brande.
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