volvan.¹

/ˈvɒlvə/

Etymology: < Latin volva (Pliny), < volvĕre to roll, wrap.

Botany.

The membranous covering which completely encloses many fungi in the early stage of growth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > parts of > cells and tissue

chive1721

spawn1731

mushroom spawn1753

volva1753

ring1777

veil1777

curtain1796

wrapper1796

fungin1813

subiculum1821

cortina1832

velum1832

mycelium1836

uterus1836

gleba1847

hypostroma1855

sulcus1856

rhizopod1859

tigellule1860

trichophore1860

hypha1866

hypothecium1866

rhizopodium1866

annulus1871

capillitium1871

acervulus1872

weft1875

capsule1883

clamp-connection1887

periphysis1887

chain gemma1893

trumpet hypha1900

metula1915

monokaryon1935

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Volva,..a membranous matter surrounding the bases of many of the fungi.

1784 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 423 This..vegetable production arises from a volva, which is buried six or eight inches deep in dry sandy banks.

1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 159 Ring,..the debris left round the stipes of some agarics by the bursting of the volva.

1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 28 In Phalloidei the hymenium is at first enclosed within a sort of peridium or universal volva, maintaining a somewhat globose or egg-shape.

Derivatives

(In recent dictionaries.)

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ˈvolvate adj.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

volvan.²

/ˈvɒlva/

Etymology: < Old Norse völva (also used) (Norwegian volve) prophetess, sibyl.

In Scandinavian mythology, a prophetess, a soothsayer, a witch.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female

prophetessc1350

Sibyl1589

vaticinatress1693

spie-woman1744

seeress1766

spaewife1773

spae-woman1828

volva1889

1889 P. B. Du Chaillu Viking Age I. iv. 27 The Völuspa was an inspired poem of a Völva or Sibyl, and embodies the records of the creation of the present world.

1927 E. V. Gordon Introd. Old Norse v. 40 It is the most complete description extant of the volva or sibyl of Scandinavian heathen times.

1966 S. Wavell et al. Trances xvi. 133 The priestesses of Freyja known as volva were the shamans of their time. They wore animal skins, their boots made of calf skin, their gloves lined with the fur of arctic cats, their goddess being drawn in a cat carriage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	volva
释义	volvan.¹ /ˈvɒlvə/ Etymology: < Latin volva (Pliny), < volvĕre to roll, wrap. Botany. The membranous covering which completely encloses many fungi in the early stage of growth. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > parts of > cells and tissue chive1721 spawn1731 mushroom spawn1753 volva1753 ring1777 veil1777 curtain1796 wrapper1796 fungin1813 subiculum1821 cortina1832 velum1832 mycelium1836 uterus1836 gleba1847 hypostroma1855 sulcus1856 rhizopod1859 tigellule1860 trichophore1860 hypha1866 hypothecium1866 rhizopodium1866 annulus1871 capillitium1871 acervulus1872 weft1875 capsule1883 clamp-connection1887 periphysis1887 chain gemma1893 trumpet hypha1900 metula1915 monokaryon1935 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Volva,..a membranous matter surrounding the bases of many of the fungi. 1784 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 423 This..vegetable production arises from a volva, which is buried six or eight inches deep in dry sandy banks. 1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 159 Ring,..the debris left round the stipes of some agarics by the bursting of the volva. 1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 28 In Phalloidei the hymenium is at first enclosed within a sort of peridium or universal volva, maintaining a somewhat globose or egg-shape. Derivatives (In recent dictionaries.) Categories » ˈvolvate adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). volvan.² /ˈvɒlva/ Etymology: < Old Norse völva (also used) (Norwegian volve) prophetess, sibyl. In Scandinavian mythology, a prophetess, a soothsayer, a witch. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female prophetessc1350 Sibyl1589 vaticinatress1693 spie-woman1744 seeress1766 spaewife1773 spae-woman1828 volva1889 1889 P. B. Du Chaillu Viking Age I. iv. 27 The Völuspa was an inspired poem of a Völva or Sibyl, and embodies the records of the creation of the present world. 1927 E. V. Gordon Introd. Old Norse v. 40 It is the most complete description extant of the volva or sibyl of Scandinavian heathen times. 1966 S. Wavell et al. Trances xvi. 133 The priestesses of Freyja known as volva were the shamans of their time. They wore animal skins, their boots made of calf skin, their gloves lined with the fur of arctic cats, their goddess being drawn in a cat carriage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.¹1753n.²1889
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