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Sorus

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Sorus has 2 senses

sorus(n = noun.plant) Array - a spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi; Array

reproductive structure

sorus(n = noun.plant) Array - cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond; Array

reproductive structure

has parts: indusium

CIDE DICTIONARY

Sorus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a heap.].

One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns. [1913 Webster]
In parasitic fungi, any mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of a host plant. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Sorus, n. (pl. sori) Bot. a heap or cluster, esp. of spore-cases on the under-surface of a fern-leaf, or in a fungus or lichen.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk soros heap

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