Home / S / sclerotium

sclerotium

noun 10 letters Scrabble 14 WWF 18
Definitions
noun

form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants

noun

compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth

Want another word?
Spin the dictionary for a fresh one.
Generate a word →