(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:15:23

Hy*me"ni*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hymenia (#), E. Hymeniums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. a membrane.] Bot.

The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.

 

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