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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