'Sclerotium' definitions:
Definition of 'Sclerotium'
From: WordNet
noun
Form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants [syn: Sclerotium, genus Sclerotium]
noun
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
Definition of 'Sclerotium'
From: GCIDE
- Sclerotium \Scle*ro"ti*um\, n.; pl. Sclerotia. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhro`s hard.]
- 1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium. [1913 Webster]