sclerotium
/sklɪəˈrəʊʃɪəm/noun
(pl. sclerotia /-tɪə/)
- Botany the hard dark resting body of certain fungi, consisting of a mass of hyphal threads, capable of remaining dormant for long periods【植】菌核。
词源
mid 19th cent.: modern Latin (former genus name)， from Greek sklēros 'hard'.