Meanings
nounhymenium (plural hymeniums or hymenia)
plural hymeniums · plural hymenia
- biologyThe sporebearing surface of a fungus.
Origin
From ὑμήν (humḗn, “membrane”) + -ium.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غُشَيّ
- غُشَيّ (ḡušayy)spore bearing surface
Catalan himeni
- himenispore bearing surface
Chinese Mandarin 子實層 /子实层
- 子實層 /子实层 (zǐshí céng)spore bearing surface
Dutch hymenium
- hymeniumspore bearing surface
Finnish itiölava
- itiölavaspore bearing surface
French hyménium
- hyméniumspore bearing surface
German Hymenium, Fruchtschicht
- Hymeniumspore bearing surface
- Fruchtschichtspore bearing surface
Italian imenio
- imeniospore bearing surface
Latin hymenium
- hymeniumspore bearing surface
Norwegian Bokmål hymenium, sporeleie
- hymeniumspore bearing surface
- sporeleiespore bearing surface
Persian هیمنیوم
- هیمنیوم (himnium)spore bearing surface
Polish obłócznia, hymenium
- obłóczniaspore bearing surface
- hymeniumspore bearing surface
- obłóczkaspore bearing surface
Russian гиме́ний
- гиме́ний (giménij)spore bearing surface
Spanish himenio
- himeniospore bearing surface
Ukrainian гіме́ній
- гіме́ній (himénij)spore bearing surface
Cite this entry
APA
hymenium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hymenium
MLA
“hymenium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hymenium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hymenium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hymenium.
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