Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun universal_veil

1 sense of universal veil

Sense 1
universal veil -- (membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap)
       => veil, velum -- (a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms)