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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indusium \In*du"si*um\, n.; pl {Indusia} (-[.a]). [L., an under garment, fr induere to put on: cf F. indusie the covering of the seed spots of ferns.] (Bot.) a A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower. b The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet. c A peculiar covering found in certain fungi. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indusium n : a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern
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