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- [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
- [n] form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
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SCLEROTIUM is a 10 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | genus Sclerotium |
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| | See Also: | | fungus genus, Mycelia Sterilia, mycelium, order Mycelia Sterilia |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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