INDUSIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: indusia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("indusium" is a kind of...):

cover; covering; natural covering (a natural object that covers or envelops)

Holonyms ("indusium" is a part of...):

sorus (cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond)

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