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Etymology
[edit]From New Latin sōrus, from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsɔːɹəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]sorus (plural sori)
- (mycology, lichenology) Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores.
- (botany) A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond.
- 1857, Thomas Moore, Index Filicum: A Synopsis, with Characters, of the Genera, and an Enumeration of the Species of Ferns : with Synonymes, References:
- AGLAOMORPHIA, [...] Sori non-indusiate, rotundate, [...] Fronds coriaceous, dimorphous, the sterile sessile querciform, brown rigid; [...]
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]mycology, lichenology: Any reproductive structure that produces spores
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Cluster of sporangia under fern
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References
[edit]sorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:sori on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sorus, from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sorus m (plural sori or sorussen, diminutive sorusje n)
- (mycology, lichenology, botany) sorus
- Synonym: sporenhoop
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]sorus on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).
Noun
[edit]sōrus m (genitive sōrī); second declension
- (mycology, lichenology) Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores.
- 1874, “Neu aufgestellte Arten”, in Leopold Just, editor, Botanischer Jahresbericht GB, volume 2, page 317:
- Calosphaeria obvoluta Karst. (ds. S. 158). Perith. 8–16 in soros orbiculares mediocres dense stipata, circinantia, atra, villo fusco obducta tamquam contextu, sphaeroidea, collis perithecii diametrum plerumque suberantibus ostiolisque per peridermii rimas vel poros emergentibus, plus minus exstantibus plerumque 1 Mm. longis, subaequalibus, decumbentibus, flexuosis, obtusis, hispidis instructa.
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- (botany) A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond.
- 1847, Paulus Horaninov, Characteres essentiales familiarum ac tribuum regni vegetabilis et amphorganici ad leges tetractydis naturae conscripti accedit enumeratio generum magis notorum et organographiae supplementum[1], St. Peterburg GB: K. Wienhöber, pages 14–15:
- Sporangia (capsulae) hypophylla, raro et epiphylla, minuta, lenticularia, turbinata v. subglobosa, saepius annulo, e catenula unica cellularum (10–40) formato, verticali, obliquo v. transversali, ―∣― ―― completo v. obsoleto, cincta, ruptilia, rimosa, rarius acropora, plerumque in soros orbiculares, globosos, oblongos v. lineares et longissimos conferta, raro pauca v. solitaria. Sori e rachi, venis venulisque foliorum, passim in receptacula punctiformia v. majora-globosa, elongata v. longissima tumentibus, imposita v. ad rachin solam residuam, passim alatam spicati, nudi, pilosi v. indusio supero, infero v. laterali, scarioso, raro coriaceo, deciduo v. durabili, vero v. spurio, tecti v. involucrati.
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- 1847, Paulus Horaninov, Characteres essentiales familiarum ac tribuum regni vegetabilis et amphorganici ad leges tetractydis naturae conscripti accedit enumeratio generum magis notorum et organographiae supplementum[2], St. Peterburg GB: K. Wienhöber, page 16:
- Sporangia poro verticali v. rimula introrsum hiantia, syncyclica v. biseriata et connata in soros quasi multiloculares (bivalves), circulares, oblongos v. lineares, sparsos, confertos v. totam dorsi superficiem obtegentes, nudos v. indusiatos.
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Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | sōrus | sōrī |
Genitive | sōrī | sōrōrum |
Dative | sōrō | sōrīs |
Accusative | sōrum | sōrōs |
Ablative | sōrō | sōrīs |
Vocative | sōre | sōrī |
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