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gleba

gleba noun: the fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.

Noun

gleba (plural glebae)

  1. The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.

Forms of gleba

pluralglebae

Origin of gleba

Borrowed from Latin glēba (“lump, mass”). Doublet of glebe.

Words formed from gleba

Questions about gleba

What does gleba mean?
Gleba means the fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
What part of speech is gleba?
Gleba is a noun.
What is the plural of gleba?
The plural of gleba is glebae.

Words near gleba in the dictionary

  1. Gleaton
  2. Gleatons
  3. gleave
  4. gleaves
  5. Gleb
  6. gleba
  7. glebae
  8. glebal
  9. glebe
  10. glebe farm
  11. glebe farms

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