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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 scle·ro·tium /skləˈroʃ(i)əm/
 菌核; 菌核

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 scle·ro·tium /skləˈroʃ(ɪ)əm/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Scle·ro·ti·um n.; pl. Sclerotia
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Sclerotium
      n 1: form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia;
           some cause sclerotium disease in plants [syn: genus
            Sclerotium]
      2: 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