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English noun: Sclerotium

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


Synonymsgenus Sclerotium


Broader (hypernym)fungus genus


Member meronymMycelia Sterilia, order Mycelia Sterilia

2. sclerotium (plant) 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


Broader (hypernym)mycelium









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