Etymology

gleba

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Today it means: The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi. Full definition →

Latin glēba
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromglēba“lump, mass”
  2. English todaygleba

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

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