Sorus
Translation- Sorus
- Sorus So"rus, n.; pl. {Sori}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a heap.]
1. (Bot.) One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of
sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.
[1913 Webster]
2. (a) In parasitic fungi, any mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of a host plant. (b) In lichens, a heap of soredia on the thallus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Sorus — (Bot.), Fruchthaufen, die zusammengehäuften Fruchtkapseln auf der Rückseite des Laubes der Farrenkräuter … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Sorus — (lat.), Fruchthäuschen, s. Farne, S. 336 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Sorus — (grch. sōrós), Sporenhäufchen (s. Farne) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Sorus — Sori redirects here. For the commune in Italy, see Sori, Italy; for the villages in Azerbaijan see Soru and Sors, Azerbaijan. In ferns, a sorus (pl. sori ) is a yellowish or brownish cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fertile… … Wikipedia
sorus — /sawr euhs, sohr /, n., pl. sori /sawr uy, sohr uy/. 1. Bot. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns. See diag. under fern. 2. Mycol. a soruslike spore mass of certain fungi and lichens. [1825 35; < NL < Gk sorós heap] … Universalium
Sorus — Sori auf der Blattunterseite des Baumfarnes Dicksonia antarctica Sorus (Plural Sori) bezeichnet an der Unterseite von Farnblättern hängende Gruppen von Sporangien, die an Erhebungen des Blattes (so genannten Plazenten) ansetzen. Sporangien… … Deutsch Wikipedia
sorus — noun (plural sori) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sōros heap Date: 1832 a cluster of plant reproductive bodies: as a. a cluster of sporangia on the underside of a fertile fern frond b. a mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of the host … New Collegiate Dictionary
sorus — sōrus, i, m. (σαῦρος), ein uns unbekannter Seefisch, Plin. 32, 151 … Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch
sorus — A type of fruiting structure composed of a mass of spores or sporangia … Dictionary of microbiology
sorus — A group of sporangia or spore cases, eg. on the underside of fern leaves … Dictionary of molecular biology
