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Universal veil   /jˌunəvˈərsəl veɪl/   Listen
Universal veil

noun
1.
Membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap.





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"Universal veil" Quotes from Famous Books



... blended with the impenetrable fog that was fast enclosing all things; and finally the clouds grew nearer, till the land nearest them was snatched from view, and all around was alike shrouded under the universal veil; nothing whatever was visible. For a hundred yards, or so, around them, they could see the surface of the water; but beyond this narrow circle, ...
— Lost in the Fog • James De Mille


Words linked to "Universal veil" :   veil, velum


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