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sclerotium

sclerotium noun: a compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.

Noun

sclerotium (plural sclerotia)

  1. A compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.

sclerotium meaning in Tamil

sclerotium in Tamil

வன்கோதுரு, கடுங்கருந்திரள்

Forms of sclerotium

pluralsclerotia

Origin of sclerotium

From New Latin sclerotium, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).

Words formed from sclerotium

Questions about sclerotium

What does sclerotium mean?
Sclerotium means a compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.
What is sclerotium in Tamil?
Sclerotium in Tamil is வன்கோதுரு, கடுங்கருந்திரள். See Sclerotium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sclerotium?
Sclerotium is a noun.
What is the plural of sclerotium?
The plural of sclerotium is sclerotia.

Words near sclerotium in the dictionary

  1. sclerotised
  2. sclerotises
  3. sclerotising
  4. sclerotitic
  5. sclerotitis
  6. sclerotium
  7. sclerotization
  8. sclerotizations
  9. sclerotize
  10. sclerotized
  11. sclerotizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sclerotium (page history and authors); sclerotium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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