what does sclerotium mean?
SCLEROTIUM as NOUN
- Meaning
- 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
Hypernyms(s) sclerotium is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- form genus of sterile imperfect fungi
- many form sclerotia
- some cause sclerotium disease in plants
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) Sclerotium is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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