Associations to the word «Sorus»

Wiktionary

SORUS, noun. (mycology) (lichenology) Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores.
SORUS, noun. (botany) A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond.

Dictionary definition

SORUS, noun. A spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi.
SORUS, noun. Cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope