hymenium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia

WordNet

Hy*me"ni*um noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a membrane.
Wordforms
plural L Hymenia E Hymeniums
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.

Webster 1913