VELUM
\vˈɛləm], \vˈɛləm], \v_ˈɛ_l_ə_m]\
Definitions of VELUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap
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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
By Princeton University
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membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap
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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
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A veil-like organ or part.
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A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.
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Curtain or covering; - applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.
By Oddity Software
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A veil-like organ or part.
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A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.
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Curtain or covering; - applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.
By Noah Webster.
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Any membrane or structure likened to a veil; in Hydro-medusae and certain Jelly-fish the annular membrane projecting inwards from the margin of the bell; a membrane in connection with the buccal cavity in the Lancelet; a membrane-like structure bordering the oral cavity of certain Ciliates; the larval swimming organ of the veliger larva; a mass of tissue stretching from the stipe to the pileus in certain Thallophytes.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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