noun ·see 3d tore, 2.
2. torus ·noun the receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand.
3. torus ·noun a lage molding used in the bases of columns. its profile is semicircular. ·see ·illust. of molding.
4. torus ·noun one of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. it usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. ·see ·illust. under tubicolae.