Ceramiaceæ (ser am i a see)

pl. [NL., Ceramium + -aceæ.] The rose-tangles consid ered as a natural order: same as Ceramic a. ceramic, keramic (se-, ke-ram'ik), a. [= F. céramique = Sp. cerámico = Pg. It. ceramico, NL. ceramic us, ceramidium (ser-a-mid'i-um), n.; pl. ceramidia (-8). [NL., Ceramieæ (ser-a-mi'ē-ē,) n. pl. [NL., 893 red or brown-red hue; the rose-tangles. The spores are in ma es surrounded by a gelatinous envelop. Also, cla ed as an order, Ceramiacea. ceramioid (se-ram'i-oid), a. [ Archeologists, ceramists , musicians. Science , IX. 534. Ceramium (se-rā'mi-um), n. [NL. (so called from the incurved tips of the forked filaments, which resemble the handles of a pitcher), κεράμιον , a jar or pitcher, dim. of κέραμος , potters' clay, pottery, a jar.] jar.] 1. A large genus of delicate red algæ, typical of the suborder Ceramic a. The plant consists of branching filaments, each having a single row of cells and a cortical band at the nodes. The tips of the filaments are incurved. In some species, as the common Ceramium rubrum , the cortical layer extends throughout. 2. [l. c.; pl. ceramia (-a).] An ancient liquid measure In Egypt under the Ptolemies it was equal to the artab, or 39.4 liters; later, to the cube of a Roman cubit, or 88.6 liters. In Greece the name was used for the Roman amphora.