soroses

Variant of sorosis

sorosis definition

so·ro·sis (sə rō′sis)

noun pl. soroses -·ses (-sēz)

a multiple fruit formed by the merging of many flowers into a fleshy mass, as in the mulberry

Etymology: ModL < Gr sōros, a heap: see soma

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