Favella

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  favella \fa*vel"la\, n. [NL., prob. from L. favus a honeycomb.]
     (Bot.)
     A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a
     thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red alg[ae].
     [1913 Webster]