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gle•ba
(glē′bə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bae (-bē).USA pronunciation [Mycol.]
gle′bal, adj.
- Fungithe sporogenous tissue forming the central part of the sporophore in certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns.
- Neo-Latin, Latin glēba clod; see glebe
- 1840–50
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