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SORUS
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Irregular inflected form: sori
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sorus" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
Meronyms (parts of "sorus"):
indusium (a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("sorus" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
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