volva

English Thesaurus

1. cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	plant part, plant structure,
definition	:	any part of a plant or fungus (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	fungus,
definition	:	an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant)