Meanings
cortina1
plural cortinas
- biologyA cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.
/Telamonia morphologically circumscribes a homogenous group of Cortinarii. Hygrophanous pilei, the lack of viscid or gelatinous veils and well-developed cortinas characterize most species.
2004, Ursula Peintner, Jean-Marc Moncalvo, Rytas Vilgalys, “Toward a better understanding of the infrageneric relationships in Cortinarius (Agaricales, Basidiomycota)”, in Mycologia, volume 96, number 5, →DOI, page 1054
Cortina2
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Cortina d'Ampezzo: a resort town and municipality of the province of Belluno, Veneto region, Italy.
- abbreviationellipsisinformalhobbiesEllipsis of Cortina Olympics: The 1956 Winter Olympics, in the host city of Cortina d'Ampezzo
Origin
cortina · noun
- Late Latincōrtīna“curtain”
- Englishcortina
Borrowed from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”). Doublet of curtain.
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Full word history & related roots →Cortina · noun, proper noun
From Italian. The car was named after the Italian ski resort.
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cortina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cortina
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