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UNIVERSAL VEIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("universal veil" is a kind of...):
veil; velum (a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms)
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