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Gleba

Gleba Meaning & Definition
Gleba Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gleba?

[n] fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn

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See Also | reproductive structure | sporophore

Gleba In Webster's Dictionary

\Gle"ba\, n.; pl. {Gleb[ae]}. [L., a clod.] (Bot.) The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc.

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