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volva

volva noun: a cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi. Also the alternative form of völva.

volva: a cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi
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Noun

volva (plural volvas or volvae)

  1. A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.
    • The genus Amanita has both a volva and a veil; the spores are white, and the stem is easily separable from the cap.1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VI, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc., 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt
  2. The membranous covering which completely encloses many fungi in the early stage of growth.

Also used as

volva is also the alternative form of völva.

Forms of volva

pluralvolvas
pluralvolvae

Origin of volva

Borrowed from Latin volva.

Words formed from volva

Questions about volva

What does volva mean?
Volva means a cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.
What part of speech is volva?
Volva is a noun.
What is the plural of volva?
The plural of volva is volvas.

Words near volva in the dictionary

  1. volutions
  2. volutoid
  3. volutomitrid
  4. volutomitrids
  5. volutrauma
  6. volva
  7. volvae
  8. volval
  9. volvas
  10. volvate
  11. volvatellid

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