- plural of sorus.
sori
Americannoun
noun
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Inside the sori, spores are produced by meiosis and released into the air.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The photo shows small bumps called sori on the underside of a fern frond.
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They are distinguished by large leaves called fronds and small sporangia-containing structures called sori, which are found on the underside of the fronds.
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"Hir chere was ay semand sori," which your correspondent says is "an expression very strange to English verse," is nothing more than the old form of seeming: her cheer was ever sorrowful or sad-seeming.
Their stipes are not jointed to the root stock, nor are their sori at the ends of the veins as in the polypodies.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by George Henry Tilton
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