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hymenium

Noun

hy=me=ni=um

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hymenium(n = noun.plant) Array - spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia; Array

is a part of fungus

hymenium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a membrane.].

The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom. [1913 Webster]

hymenium, n. (pl. hymenia) the spore-bearing surface of certain fungi.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk humenion dimin. of humen membrane

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