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Meaning of HYMENIUM

Pronunciation:  hI'meeneeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia
 
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 See Also: fungus, reproductive structure

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hy*me"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. {Hymenia}, E. {Hymeniums}.
[NL., fr. Gr. ? a membrane.] (Bot.)
The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the
gills of a mushroom.
 

 

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