SORUS


Meaning of SORUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsȯr-əs ]

noun

( plural so·ri ˈsȯr-ˌī, -ˌē)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sōros heap

Date: 1832

: a cluster of plant reproductive bodies: as

a. : a cluster of sporangia on the underside of a fertile fern frond

b. : a mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of the host plant of a parasitic fungus

c. : a cluster of gemmae on the thallus of a lichen

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