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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pia mater \Pi"a ma"ter\ [NL., fr. L. pia (fem. of pius tender, kind) + mater mother.] (Anat.) The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pia mater n 1: the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges