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hymenium
CIDE DICTIONARY
hymenium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a membrane.].
The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hymenium, n. (pl. hymenia) the spore-bearing surface of certain fungi.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk humenion dimin. of humen membrane
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