gleba

[ glee-buh ]

/ ˈgli bə /

noun, plural gle·bae [glee-bee]. /ˈgli bi/. Mycology.

the sporogenous tissue forming the central part of the sporophore in certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns.

Origin of gleba

1840–50; <New Latin, Latin glēba clod; see glebe

OTHER WORDS FROM gleba

glebal, adjective

Words nearby gleba

gleamy, glean, gleaning, gleanings, Gleason, gleba, glebe, glede, glee, glee club, gleed

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Example sentences from the Web for gleba

The microscope shows that the gleba is composed of a great number of spores mixed with simple or branched threads.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
When old the gleba consists of a dusty mass of threads and spores.
Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous|Thomas Taylor
The peridium is very large, breaking away in fragments when ripe and exposing the gleba.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
The gleba is composed of semi-persistent cells, plainly seen with a glass or even with the naked eye.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard

The spore-mass or gleba, in its young state, is surrounded by four layers.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard

Scientific definitions for gleba

gleba

[ glē′bə ]

Plural glebae (glē′bē′)

The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of the basidiomycete fungus known as the puffball.

单词	gleba
释义	gleba [ glee-buh ] / ˈgli bə / noun, plural gle·bae [glee-bee]. /ˈgli bi/. Mycology. the sporogenous tissue forming the central part of the sporophore in certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns. Origin of gleba 1840–50; <New Latin, Latin glēba clod; see glebe OTHER WORDS FROM gleba glebal, adjective Words nearby gleba gleamy, glean, gleaning, gleanings, Gleason, gleba, glebe, glede, glee, glee club, gleed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gleba The microscope shows that the gleba is composed of a great number of spores mixed with simple or branched threads. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise\|M. E. Hard When old the gleba consists of a dusty mass of threads and spores. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous\|Thomas Taylor The peridium is very large, breaking away in fragments when ripe and exposing the gleba. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise\|M. E. Hard The gleba is composed of semi-persistent cells, plainly seen with a glass or even with the naked eye. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise\|M. E. Hard The spore-mass or gleba, in its young state, is surrounded by four layers. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise\|M. E. Hard Scientific definitions for gleba gleba [ glē′bə ] Plural glebae (glē′bē′) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of the basidiomycete fungus known as the puffball. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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