gleba
(noun) fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gleba (plural glebae)
(mycology) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
• Gable, Gebal, bagel, gabel, gable, galbe
Source: Wiktionary
Gle"ba, n.; pl. Glebæ (#). [L., a clod.] (Bot.)
Definition: The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
