volva
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 5
Definition of volva
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
- The membranous covering which completely encloses many fungi in the early stage of growth.
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of völva.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin volva.
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