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GLEBA
gleba
(noun) fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gleba (plural glebae)
(mycology) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
Anagrams
• 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
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