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volva

noun

Meaning

  1. A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.
  2. In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy.
  3. (by extension) Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

clavule(English)umbo(English)basal tubercle(English)cup fungus(English)phialide(English)veil(English)vulva(English)glebifer(English)cowry(English)pileus(English)amanita(English)peridium(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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