'Hymenium' definitions:

Definition of 'hymenium'

(from WordNet)
noun
Spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia

Definition of 'Hymenium'

From: GCIDE
  • Hymenium \Hy*me"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. Hymenia, E. Hymeniums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a membrane.] (Bot.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom. [1913 Webster]

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