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trama

American  
[trey-muh] / ˈtreɪ mə /

noun

Mycology.
  1. a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.


Other Word Forms

  • tramal adjective

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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La trama gira en torno a una familia en la que todos quieren vivir como sea sin importar a quien podrían perjudicar.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2019

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 center of the gill is called the trama.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

The hymenophore is not separate from the trama of the gills.

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