English noun: Sclerotium | |||
1. | Sclerotium (plant) form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants | ||
Synonyms | genus Sclerotium | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fungus genus | ||
Member meronym | Mycelia 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 | ||