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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hymenium \Hy*me"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. Hymenia, E. Hymeniums.
   [NL., fr. Gr. ? a membrane.] (Bot.)
   The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the
   gills of a mushroom.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hymenium
    n 1: spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing
         asci or basidia