Term: universal veil: membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: cuspidation: a decoration using cusps
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: objective: the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: random walk: a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: organ: wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: company: organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: visible speech: a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: ceremoniousness: a ceremonial manner
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: basal placentation: where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovary
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: victimizer: a person who victimizes others
Broader: plant part: any part of a plant or fungus | Unrelated: metalwork: the metal parts of something