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1. (n.) sclerotium
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
Etymology: (1810–20; < NL; see sclerotic , -ium2)
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1. (noun) Sclerotium, genus Sclerotium
form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
2. (noun) sclerotium
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
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1. (noun) sclerotium
a hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot
2. (noun) sclerotium
the mature or resting stage of a plasmodium
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