cortina

American  

[kawr-tahy-nuh, -tee-nuh] / kɔrˈtaɪ nə, -ˈti nə /

noun

Mycology.

cortinae plural

1. a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cortinae
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cortina

1825–35; < New Latin; Late Latin cortīna curtain

Example Sentences

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cortina

To signal the end of the set, a cortina, a 30-second piece of non-tango music, is played.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2017

There is a partial veil in the form of a cortina.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

P. 5-8 cm. obtuse, lilac, silky, then whitish or yellowish, flesh blue; g. clear blue then purplish; s. 7-12 cm. bulbous, juiceless, bluish from the cortina, inside the base white; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

In Figure 240 the cortina and the bulbous form of the stem will be seen.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Classical Latin had also a word cortina, meaning a caldron or round kettle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various