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sclerotium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sclerotium  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Sclerotium 
  n  1:  form  genus  of  sterile  imperfect  fungi;  many  form  sclerotia; 
  some  cause  sclerotium  disease  in  plants  [syn:  {Sclerotium}, 
  {genus  Sclerotium}] 
  2:  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 




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