Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a wrapper or external covering of some sort; specifically, in Hymenomycetes, same as
velum universale . Compareexoperidium . Seevelum , 2, and cut underFungi .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi
- noun Alternative form of
völva .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The name volva is particularly given to that part of the universal veil which remains around the base of the stem, either sheathing it or appressed closely to it, or in torn fragments.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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The young mushroom is covered initially with a thin membrane called the volva As the mushroom develops, the stem or stipe elongates, gradually pushing the cap upwards, which causes the volva to rupture and remain at the base of the stem.
Chapter 16 1979
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So re the volva, perhaps the important thing was it being a WHITE catskin?
The Witch’s Cat Carla 2007
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Was always interested in the volva and their cat-skin boots.
Viking: Odinn’s Child Carla 2006
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Prepare to be told about sailing routes and prevailing weather conditions in the North Atlantic; pagan Norse baby naming traditions; Icelandic domestic life, including details of clothes, furniture, diet and agriculture; Norse witchcraft (seidr) and prophetesses (volva); Norse ship design; Irish social structure, monastic organisation, medicine and law.
Archive 2006-07-01 Carla 2006
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There's a detailed description of a volva and a prophecying session held to ask for advice about a famine pp 70-76 of the paperback.
Viking: Odinn’s Child Carla 2006
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Prepare to be told about sailing routes and prevailing weather conditions in the North Atlantic; pagan Norse baby naming traditions; Icelandic domestic life, including details of clothes, furniture, diet and agriculture; Norse witchcraft (seidr) and prophetesses (volva); Norse ship design; Irish social structure, monastic organisation, medicine and law.
Viking: Odinn’s Child Carla 2006
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+Stem+ white, sometimes yellowish, 2 inches long, torn into scales, at first stuffed, then hollow; the attached base of the volva forms an oval-shaped bulb, which is bordered with concentric scales, that is, having a common centre, as a series of rings one within the other.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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In their early stage they are enclosed in an egg-shaped veil (volva), having a gelatinous inner layer.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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The volva around the base of the stem is formed by the splitting or bursting of the veil, and its different modes of rupture mark the several species.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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