GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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‖Sorus , n.; pl. Sori . [NL., fr. Gr. > a heap.]
- (Bot.) One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.1913 Webster
- (a) In parasitic fungi, any mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of a host plant. (b) In lichens, a heap of soredia on the thallus.Webster 1913 Suppl.
- (Bot.) One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.