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Definitions for hymeniumhaɪˈmi ni əm; -ni ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hy•me•ni•umhaɪˈmi ni əm; -ni ə(n.)(pl.)-ni•a

  1. the spore-producing layer of the fruiting body of a fungus, as in the gills of a mushroom.

    Category: Fungi

Origin of hymenium:

1820–30; < NL; see hymen , -ium2

hy•me′ni•al(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hymenium(noun)

    spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia

Wiktionary

  1. hymenium(Noun)

    The sporebearing surface of a fungus.

    2. Origin: ὑμενίων, diminutive of ὑμήν.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hymenium(noun)

    the spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom

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