Definitions for hymeniums

hymeniums hy·me·ni·um

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

Hymeniums is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 215 anagrams from letters in hymeniums (ehimmnsuy).

Definitions for hymeniums

noun

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

Origin of hymeniums

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

Examples for hymeniums

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for hymeniums
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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