volva

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noun

A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.

OriginLatin volva →
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Meanings

volva1

nounvolva (plural volvas or volvae)

plural volvas · plural 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.

volva2

nounvolva (plural volvas)

plural volvas

  1. alternativeAlternative form of völva.

Origin

  1. Latinvolva
  2. Latinvolva
  3. Englishvolva

Borrowed from Latin volva.

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Translations

Hungarian bocskor
  • bocskorcup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Valvo
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Chicago

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