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Definition of Volva

Volva
Volva Vol"va, n. [L. volva, vulva, covering.] (Bot.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.

Meaning of Volva from wikipedia

- Look up volva in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Volva may refer to: Völva, one of various Old Norse terms for a North Germanic seeress Volva (gastropod)...
- In mycology, a volva is a cup-like structure at the base of a mushroom that is a remnant of the universal veil, or the remains of the peridium that encloses...
- modern scholarship. In Norse mythology the seeress is usually referred to as völva or vala. Seeresses were an expression of the pre-Christian shamanic traditions...
- Dreams. Among the visions which the Völva sees and describes in Völuspá is Baldr's death. In stanza 32, the Völva says she saw the fate of Baldr "the...
- of the s**** length. Volva volva is found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed...
- partial veil (such as an annulus (ring) or cortina) or universal veil (volva) whether the stipes of many mushrooms fuse at their base its general size...
- Völuspá (also Vǫluspá, Vǫlospá, or Vǫluspǫ́; Old Norse: 'Prophecy of the völva, a seeress') is the best known poem of the Poetic Edda. It dates back to...
- the aftermath. In the poem, a völva (a female seer) recites information to Odin. In stanza 41, the völva says: The völva then describes three roosters...
- Phenacovolva brevirostris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. Phenacovolva...
- Volva kilburni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. Volva kilburni...