glebous

[Lat. glebosus, from gleba =a clod, soil; Sp. gleboso.] Pertaining to or consisting of turf or soil; turfy. gle-bu-lạ (pl. gle-bu-læ), s. [Lat.=a small clod or lump of earth, a clod; dim in. of gleba =a lump of earth, a clod.] Botany : 1. Sing.: The peridium or fleshy part of certain fungals, the same as GLEBA (q. v.). 2. Plural : any style-amatory, bacchanalian, pastoral, didactic, comic, or serious. As a composition the glee appears to have historically followed the catch, and to have had its origin at the time when part-singing began to be revived. ( Stainer & Barrett .)