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Indusium

Indusium Meaning & Definition
Indusium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indusium?

[n] a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern

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See Also | cover | covering | natural covering | sorus

Indusium In Webster's Dictionary

\In*du"si*um\, n.; pl. {Indusia} (-[.a]). [L., an under garment, fr. induere to put on: cf. F. indusie the covering of the seed spots of ferns.] (Bot.) (a) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower. (b) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet. (c) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.

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