hymeneal, hymenean

& s. [O. Fr. hymenean, from Lat. Hymenœus; Gr. hymenaios a wedding song.] [HYMEN.] 2242 hy-men-ô-phöre, hy-měn-oph-or-ŭm, subst. [Pref. hymeno-, and Gr. phoros =bearing, carrying.] Bot.: The cellular or filamentous structure in hymenomycetous fungi on which the hymenium, or fructifying surface, is spread, like wax on a mold. In the Agaracini and Polypore i it is the same as the tram a or inner substance of the gills or partitions of the pores. ( M. J. Berkeley, in Treas. of Bot.) hy-men-ô-phyl-lě-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. hymen ophyll ( um ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot . A tribe of ferns order Polypod i aceæ. The frond is very membranoas, translucent, and reticulate. The involucre is two-valved, urceolate, or two-lipped; capsules minute, membranous, reticulate, se ile on a clavate or filiform receptacle, surrounded by a complete horizontal or oblique ring, vernation circinate. Sometimes made an order, Hymenophyllaceæ.