Gleba

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gleba \Gle"ba\, n.; pl. {Gleb[ae]}. [L., a clod.] (Bot.)
     The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of
     the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  gleba
       n : fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or
           stinkhorn