Definitions for sclerotia

sclerotia scle·ro·ti·um

Spelling: [skli-roh-shee-uh m]
IPA: /sklɪˈroʊ ʃi əm/

Sclerotia is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1081 anagrams from letters in sclerotia (aceilorst).

Definitions for sclerotia

noun

  1. a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.

Origin of sclerotia

From New Latin, dating back to 1810-20; See origin at sclerotin, -ium

Examples for sclerotia

Dr. Bull has been very successful in developing the sclerotium of Agaricus cirrhatus.

One or two are developed from a kind of sclerotium, which is in fact a compact perennial mycelium.

The stems run deep into the earth and are attached to a sclerotium, which will be seen in the halftone.

The grain is replaced by a dense fungoid tissue (sclerotium) largely charged with an oily fluid.

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