Sorus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.
You can make 40 anagrams from letters in sorus (orssu).
1825-35; New Latin Greek sōrós heap
The sorus, as the group of sporangia is called, is surrounded by an enclosure from the leaf margin.
In this case the sorus is always near to the margin of the leaf, and the indusium or covering is cup-shaped.
Commonly the spore-cases occupy only detached spots or lines, each of which is called a sorus, or in English merely a Fruit-dot.
The indusium arises from a vein to which the sorus is attached.
The sorus is circular and is covered with an indusium which is notched or kidney-shaped.
Indusium hood-shaped, fixed centrally behind the sorus and arching over it, soon withering, often illusive.
The proper (often shield-shaped) covering of the sorus or fruit-dot in Ferns.
Indusium minute, concealed beneath the sorus, divided into a few beaded hairs.
Indusium star-shaped, of a few irregular segments fixed beneath the sorus, often obscure.