trama
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of trama
First recorded in 1855–60, trama is from the Latin word trāma warp (in weaving)
Example Sentences
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It originates in the following manner: the threads forming the trama of the gills grow out from the lower side of the pileus and perpendicular to its under surface.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
The plants of the genus Trametes allied to Fomes are epiphytal, with the trama the same in substance and color as the hymenophore.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
In case of the genus Trametes the hymenophorum descends into the trama of the pores without any change, and is permanently concrete with the pileus.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
The hymenophore descends into the trama without any change, pores firm, when fully grown sinuous and labyrinthiform, lacerated, and toothed.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
Such a trama is said to be vesiculose to distinguish it from the ordinary or floccose trama.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
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