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hymenium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The sporebearing surface of a fungus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reproductive structure

History

Etymology

From ὑμήν (humḗn, “membrane”) + -ium.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غُشَيّ (ḡušayy) — spore bearing surface
  • Catalan: himeni — spore bearing surface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子實層 /子实层 (zǐshí céng) — spore bearing surface
  • Dutch: hymenium — spore bearing surface
  • Finnish: itiölava — spore bearing surface
  • French: hyménium — spore bearing surface
  • German: Hymenium — spore bearing surface
  • German: Fruchtschicht — spore bearing surface
  • Ido: himenio — spore bearing surface
  • Italian: imenio — spore bearing surface
  • Latin: hymenium — spore bearing surface
  • Persian: هیمنیوم (himnium) — spore bearing surface
  • Polish: obłócznia — spore bearing surface
  • Polish: hymenium — spore bearing surface
  • Polish: obłóczka — spore bearing surface
  • Russian: гиме́ний (giménij) — spore bearing surface
  • Slovene: himeníj — spore bearing surface
  • Slovene: trosôvnica — spore bearing surface
  • Spanish: himenio — spore bearing surface
  • Ukrainian: гіме́ній (himénij) — spore bearing surface
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