Bot. 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. fàba 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.
