Associations to the word «Hymenium»

Wiktionary

HYMENIUM, noun. (mycology) The sporebearing surface of a fungus.

Dictionary definition

HYMENIUM, noun. Spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats