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Webster 1913 Edition

Hymenophore

Hy-men′o-phore

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] a membrane +

φέρειν

to bear.]

(Bot.)

That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium.

Definition 2024

hymenophore

hymenophore

English

Noun

hymenophore ‎(plural hymenophores)

(mycology) The part of a fungus fruiting body which produces spore-bearing cells.