sorosis

[ suh-roh-sis ]

/ səˈroʊ sɪs /

noun, plural so·ro·ses [suh-roh-seez] /səˈroʊ siz/. Botany.

a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.

Words nearby sorosis

sororate, sororicide, sorority, sorority house, sorosilicate, sorosis, sorption, sorrel, sorrel salt, sorrel tree, sorrentino

Origin of sorosis

1825–35; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek sōr(ós) heap + New Latin -ōsis -osis

Definition for sorosis (2 of 2)

sorosis²

[ suh-roh-sis ]

/ səˈroʊ sɪs /

noun, plural so·ro·ses [suh-roh-seez] /səˈroʊ siz/, so·ro·sis·es.

a women's society or club.

Origin of sorosis

after the name of a club established in 1868; based on Latin soror sister

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Examples from the Web for sorosis

We knew that he disliked women in every form, Sorosis and Anti-Sorosis, bitter and sweet alike.
Buffalo Land|W. E. Webb
He'd have been all right if he'd been a girl—or married to a president of Sorosis, or a daughter of the Present Revolution!
Her Own Way|Clyde Fitch
One lady, (a member of Sorosis, we believe,) said that she thought it tasted like a pear.
Punchinello, Vol. 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870|Various
Had a good rest and a short walk and went to Sorosis dinner, which was very brilliant and fine.
Julia Ward Howe|Laura E. Richards

Mrs. Irving M. Scott, president of Sorosis, received the Congress socially in her elegant home.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sorosis

sorosis

/ (səˈrəʊsɪs) /

noun plural -ses (-siːz)

a fleshy multiple fruit, such as that of the pineapple and mulberry, formed from flowers that are crowded together on a fleshy stem

Word Origin for sorosis

C19: from New Latin, from Greek sōros a heap

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