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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Sori \So"ri\, n.,
      pl. of Sorus.
      [1913 Webster]
   
                   
                 

2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Sorus \So"rus\, n.; pl. Sori. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a heap.]
      1. (Bot.) One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of
         sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.
         [1913 Webster]
      2.
         (a) In parasitic fungi, any mass of spores bursting
             through the epidermis of a host plant.
         (b) In lichens, a heap of soredia on the thallus.
             [Webster 1913 Suppl.]