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noun
A common scalelike reproductive structure in lichens consisting of algal cells enveloped in a network of hyphae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, lichenology, natural-sciences
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History
Latinate form from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).
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