sclerotioid, a.
(sklɪəˈrəʊtɪɔɪd)
Also sclerotoid.
[f. Sclerotium + -oid.]
Resembling a sclerotium.
| 1857 M. J. Berkeley Cryptog. Botany §405 A large stipitate species with a sclerotoid rooting base. 1874 Cooke Fungi 102 Ergot, which is the sclerotioid condition of a species of Claviceps. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Sclerotioid, sclerotoid, like a sclerotium. |