volva

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See also: völva, vǫlva, and vølva

English

Amanita caesarea (Caesar's mushroom) with prominent volva

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin volva.

Noun

volva (plural volvas or volvae)

  1. A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.
    • 1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VI, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.‎, 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt:
      The genus Amanita has both a volva and a veil; the spores are white, and the stem is easily separable from the cap.
  2. The membranous covering which completely encloses many fungi in the early stage of growth.
    • 1989, Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition:

Etymology 2

Noun

volva (plural volvas)

  1. Alternative form of völva

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Probably from Gaulish *ulva (“spray, wisp”).

Noun

volva f (plural volves)

  1. mote, speck
  2. flake (of snow)
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 12, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Els focus no mostraven res més que volves de neu que queien del cel en espiral.
      The light beams showed nothing but snowflakes spiraling down from the sky.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin volva.

Noun

volva f (plural volves)

  1. (botany) volva
Derived terms

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Galician

Verb

volva

  1. inflection of volver:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin volva, alternative form of vulva.

Noun

volva f (plural volve)

  1. volva (cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi)

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

volva

  1. inflection of volvere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

volva

  1. inflection of volver:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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