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gle⋅ba

  [glee-buh]
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–noun, plural -bae  [-bee] . Mycology.
the sporogenous tissue forming the central part of the sporophore in certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns.
Origin:
1840–50; < NL, L glēba clod; see glebe

Related forms:
glebal, adjective
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gle·ba   (glē'bə)   
n.   pl. gle·bae (-bē')
The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of a puffball.

[Latin glēba, clod.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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