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| scle·ro·ti·um [ sklə rṓshee əm, sklə rṓ shəm ] (plural scle·ro·ti·a [ sklə rṓshee ə, sklə rṓshə ]) |
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food store in fungi: a compact hard mass in a fungus that contains stored food
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Latin, genus of fungi < Greek sklērotēs "hardness" < sklēros "hard"] |
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 scle·ro·ti·al adjective |
| scle·ro·ti·oid adjective |
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