Definitions for hymenium

hymenium hy·me·ni·um

Spelling: [hahy-mee-nee-uh m]
IPA: /haɪˈmi ni əm/

Hymenium is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in hymenium (ehimmnuy).

Definitions for hymenium

noun

  1. the sporogenous layer in a fungus, composed of asci or basidia often interspersed with various sterile structures, as paraphyses.

Origin of hymenium

From New Latin, dating back to 1820-30; See origin at hymen, -ium

Examples for hymenium

hymenium inferior, pileus more or less expanded, convex, bell-shaped.

hymenium either free at the beginning, or enclosed either permanently or temporarily in a more or less perfect peridium or veil.

hymenium at length more or less exposed, the substance soft.

hymenium within a closed fruit-body, which does not open until the spores are ripe; saprophytes.

hymenium red or flesh-color, covered with a delicate flesh-colored bloom.

hymenium lining the cavity of tubes or pores which are sometimes broken up into teeth or concentric plates.

In the chapter on the structure of mushrooms we have 43 tried to explain something about the cells and the hymenium.

hymenium covering the entire surface of radiating lamellae or gills.

hymenium, the fruiting surface of the mushrooms and other fungi.

hymenium whitish or reddish, folds much branched, forming anastomosing pores.

Word Value for hymenium
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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