sclerotium | ||
1. | [ noun ] (biology,botany) form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants | |
Synonyms: | genus_Sclerotium | |
Related terms: | fungus_genus Mycelia_Sterilia | |
2. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 | |
Related terms: | mycelium | |
Similar spelling: |
sclerotic sclerotomy sclerotinia sclerodema scleroprotein Schuler sculler Scleroparei sclerometer scleroderma Scleranthus sclerite schiller scleritis Schuyler Schuller sclerosis Schueler Schooler Schlereth sclerosed Schaller |