Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In hymenomycetous fungi, a marginal veil ruptured at its connection with the stipe, and hanging from the pileus as a shreddy membrane. Also called curtain.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biology) a cobwebby remnant of the partial veil which in some mature mushrooms hang from the edges of the cap.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils

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Examples

  • HEADLINING Ford cortina sedan1963/65 MK1 white star

    Ford Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • HEADLINING Ford cortina sedan1963/65 MK1 white star

    Ford Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • HEADLINING Ford cortina sedan1963/65 MK1 white star

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6594 2009

  • La cqaptura de @jeanfer me parece una descarada cortina de humo para desviar la atencion de las acusasiones al presidente Colon #escandalogt

    Global Voices in English » Guatemala: Rosenberg Video Causes Uncertainty and Speculation 2009

  • You see, you have a problem with your worldview, unlike Clinton or even FDR who interred a bunch of Japanese-Americans and Innuits behind cortina wire, Bush 43 never raised his hand against THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Waco 2010

  • HEADLINING Ford cortina sedan1963/65 MK1 white star

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6594 2009

  • You see, you have a problem with your worldview, unlike Clinton or even FDR who interred a bunch of Japanese-Americans and Innuits behind cortina wire, Bush 43 never raised his hand against THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Waco 2010

  • Maybe we should quite trying to make overseas cars 'american' (pontiac G6, GTO, the astra, pontiac grand prix, ford escort / cortina, mercury capri (various generations)) and just sell them for what they are under their original names and designs.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • Until their destruction during World War II, the monasteries and churches of the Walled City had lovingly preserved many medieval liturgical practices from Spain, such as the use of the cortina to hide the sanctuary during Lent, and tunicled acolytes.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • Guardian | The zone of faith will save us from the sovereignity of the mob Nesta era em que o software pode erguer uma cortina a mediar o nosso interface com o mundo, o papel dos editores é cada vez mais importante.

    Leituras Artur 2007

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