Definitions for universal veil

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. universal veil(noun)

    membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap

Wiktionary

  1. universal veil(Noun)

    A thin layer of tissue which completely surrounds a developing mushroom.


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