‖ favella Bot.
(fəˈvɛlə)
Pl. -æ.
[mod.L.; used by J. G. Agardh (Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. for 1836, p. 43); his description and drawing suggest that he intended favellæ to stand for ‘small beans’, in which case the word would be an incorrect dim. of L. faba bean, influenced by the F. form fève.]
See quot. 1884.
| 1857 [see next]. 1867 J. Hogg Microsc. ii. i. 274 When such a fruit is wholly external..it is called a favella. 1884 Syd. Soc. Lex., Favella, a form of the conceptacular fruit of florideous Algæ in which the spores are collected into spherical masses which lie on the outer surface of the frond. |