Definitions for volvas

volvas vol·va

Spelling: [vol-vuh]
IPA: /ˈvɒl və/

Volvas is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 64 anagrams from letters in volvas (alosvv).

Definitions for volvas

noun

  1. the membranous envelope that encloses the base of various mushrooms formed when the velum ruptures.

Origin of volvas

1745-55; Latin: covering, akin to volvere to roll, wrap

Examples for volvas

Annularia includes only a few small species having a ringed stem, no volva, and free pink gills.

The volva and ring, or annulus, are not always present in mushrooms.

In the brown variety the stem and ring are often tinged with brown, as also the volva.

In the careless pulling up of the plant the volva in the volvate species is often left behind.

The volva is a membrane which envelops the entire plant in embryo, giving it the appearance of an egg.

The genus has neither a volva nor a ring and the spores are white.

A part of the volva 145 remains as a sheath at the base of the stem.

The volva is a feature of great importance in the study of the Agaricini, of the subgenera Amanita, volvaria, etc.

In Lepiota naucinoides, as in all the Lepiotas, the volva is wanting.

At the base of the stem of the mushroom the remains of the volva are seen in the form of a sort of wrapper.

Word Value for volvas
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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