Category:Sclerotium

Scle*ro"ti*um, n.; pl. Sclerotia. Etym: [nl., fr. Gr.

1. (bot.)

Defn: a hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the claviceps Purpurea, which produced ergot.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: the nature or resting stage of a plasmodium.