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volvae

volvae is the plural of volva.

Meaning of volva

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.

Questions about volvae

What is volvae the plural of?
Volvae is the plural of volva.

Words near volvae in the dictionary

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

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