SORUS (sori)

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Irregular inflected form: sori   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sorus mean? 

• SORUS (noun)
  The noun SORUS has 2 senses:

1. a spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi

2. cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond

  Familiarity information: SORUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SORUS (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)