HyperDic: partial_veil

English > 1 sense of the expression partial veil:
NOUNplantpartial veilmembrane of the young / young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth
English > partial veil: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningmembrane of the young / 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.
Partsannulus, skirt(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
NarrowercortinaA cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
Broaderveil, velumA membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
Spanishvelo parcial

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