Sclerotium meaning

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Sclerotium (noun): form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants.

Sclerotium has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

Sclerotium as a noun

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

    Synonyms: genus Sclerotium

    Type of: fungus genus

  2. 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

Scrabble score: 14 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SC · words ending in UM · 10-letter words

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