Colaconema

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Translingual

Colaconema daviesii.

Etymology

From Attic Greek κόλᾰξ (kólăx, flatterer; fawner) +‎ -nema (yarn, silk; filiform, from Ancient Greek νῆμᾰ (nêmă)).

Coined by British botanist Edward Arthur Lionel Batters in 1896.

Proper noun

Colaconema n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colaconemataceae – certain red algae.

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Descendants

  • Russian: колако́нема (kolakónema)

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