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单词 sclerotium
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Definition of sclerotium in English:

sclerotium

nounPlural sclerotiasklɪəˈrəʊtɪəmskləˈrəʊtɪəmˌskləˈroʊʃ(i)əm
Botany
  • The hard dark resting body of certain fungi, consisting of a mass of hyphal threads, capable of remaining dormant for long periods.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition, many fungi are able to parasitize spores, sclerotia, or hyphae of other fungi, resulting in biocontrol.
    • The fungus ‘also produces sclerotia that can be the same size and shape as the seed.’
    • It survives in soil as sclerotia or resting mycelium and is quite happy on many hosts, which allows it to survive for many years in the absence of soybeans.
    • Whenever soil is highly contaminated with sclerotia, growers must rotate to a crop like wheat, which is prone to scab, instead of to other Sclerotinia-susceptible broadleaf crops, such as soybeans, dry beans, or canola.
    • The Chinese sometimes include zhu ling (they use the sclerotium rather than the fruiting body) as an ingredient in herbal tonic formulas.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin (former genus name), from Greek sklēros 'hard'.

 
 

Definition of sclerotium in US English:

sclerotium

nounˌskləˈroʊʃ(i)əmˌskləˈrōSH(ē)əm
Botany
  • The hard dark resting body of certain fungi, consisting of a mass of hyphal threads, capable of remaining dormant for long periods.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fungus ‘also produces sclerotia that can be the same size and shape as the seed.’
    • Whenever soil is highly contaminated with sclerotia, growers must rotate to a crop like wheat, which is prone to scab, instead of to other Sclerotinia-susceptible broadleaf crops, such as soybeans, dry beans, or canola.
    • The Chinese sometimes include zhu ling (they use the sclerotium rather than the fruiting body) as an ingredient in herbal tonic formulas.
    • It survives in soil as sclerotia or resting mycelium and is quite happy on many hosts, which allows it to survive for many years in the absence of soybeans.
    • In addition, many fungi are able to parasitize spores, sclerotia, or hyphae of other fungi, resulting in biocontrol.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin (former genus name), from Greek sklēros ‘hard’.

 
 
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