Myrionema
noun
Myr·i·o·ne·ma
ˌmirēōˈnēmə
: a genus (the type of the family Myrionemataceae) of the order Chordariales of brown algae having a minute thallus consisting of a parenchymatous disk made up of radiating filaments and growing epiphytically on other algae (as the sea lettuces)
myrionemoid adjective
¦⸗⸗⸗¦nēˌmȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from myri- + -nema