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Webster 1913 Edition

Sclerotium

‖

Scle-ro′ti-um

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Sclerotia

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.

[NL., fr. Gr.

σκληρόσ

hard.]

1.

(Bot.)

A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the

Claviceps purpurea

, which produces ergot.

2.

(Zool.)

The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.