gleba

noun

gle·​ba

ˈglēbə

plural glebae

-ēˌbē

: the sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in some basidiomycetes (as the puffballs, stinkhorns)

glebal

-bəl

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin gleba, glaeba clod

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