cortina

[ kawr-tahy-nuh, -tee-nuh ]

noun

, Mycology.

, plural cor·ti·nae [kawr-, tahy, -nee, -, tee, -nahy].

1. a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cortina¹

1825–35; < New Latin; Late Latin cortīna curtain

Example Sentences

There is in consequence little agriculture and no cultivation of the vine in the immediate neighbourhood of Cortina.

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From Tre Croci the beautiful road runs direct to Cortina down a rather steep incline.

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Cortina lies in its valley like a white shell that has rolled down into a broad vase of malachite.

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The art schools of Cortina are famous for their beautiful work in gold and silver filigree, and wood-inlaying.

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When a stern necessity forces one to leave Cortina, there are several ways of departure.

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