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Meaning of SCLEROTIUM

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth
  2. [n]  form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
 
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 Synonyms: genus Sclerotium
 
 See Also: fungus genus, Mycelia Sterilia, mycelium, order Mycelia Sterilia

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Scle*ro"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Sclerotia}. [NL., fr. Gr.
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the
   {Claviceps purpurea}, which produces ergot.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
 
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