(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:54:32

Scle*ro"ti*um (?), n.; pl. Sclerotia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. hard.]

1. Bot.

A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produced ergot.

2. Zool.

The nature or resting stage of a plasmodium.

 

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