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sorus


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sorus  \So"rus\,  n. 
  a  In  parasitic  fungi,  any  mass  of  spores  bursting 
  through  the  epidermis  of  a  host  plant. 
  b  In  lichens,  a  heap  of  soredia  on  the  thallus. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sorus  \So"rus\,  n.;  pl  {Sori}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  a  heap.]  (Bot.) 
  One  of  the  fruit  dots,  or  small  clusters  of  sporangia,  on  the 
  back  of  the  fronds  of  ferns. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sorus 
  n  1:  a  spore-producing  structure  in  certain  lichens  and  fungi 
  2:  cluster  of  sporangia  usually  on  underside  of  a  fern  frond 




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