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sclerotium

/ sclerotium /

noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

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

Type of:

mycelium

noun Sense 2

form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants

Type of:

fungus genus

Has parts:

Mycelia Sterilia order Mycelia Sterilia

Semantic Complexity

97%

Sense Count

2

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

4

Times Searched

12

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mycelium fungus genus