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