sorosis

¹ American  

[suh-roh-sis] / səˈroʊ sɪs /

noun

Botany.

soroses plural

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

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sorosis ² American  

[suh-roh-sis] / səˈroʊ sɪs /

noun

soroses, plural sorosises plural

1. a women's society or club.

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sorosis British  

/ səˈrəʊsɪs /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• soroses
  plural
• sorosises
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sorosis¹

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

Origin of sorosis²

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