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SORUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: sori   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

Meronyms (parts of "sorus"):

indusium (a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

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