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Definition of Fruiting body
1. Noun. An organ specialized for producing spores.
Definition of Fruiting body
1. Noun. The structure on a fungus which houses the spore-producing organs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Fruiting body
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruiting Body
Literary usage of Fruiting body
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"The flesh of the fruiting body is pure white and somewhat spongy in texture. ...
fruiting body of the birch pore fungus (Polyporus betulinus), ..."
2. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"Section through fruiting-body of Hydnum septentrionale .. . 235 44. Leaf-blight
of oak . . . . • 238 45. Leaf-blister of oak (by HH Whetzel) 239 46. ..."
3. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Draw the entire fruiting body and describe. The vegetative mycelium is in the
wood from which the fruiting body projects. "L Under low power study a patch ..."
4. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson, Morton Owen Withey (1919)
"Portion of the fruiting body of Merulius Lachrymans. Taken from a Coniferous Timber
... The under side of its fruiting body is covered with gill-like pores. ..."
5. Laboratory Manual of Biology by George William Hunter, Morris Crawford Valentine (1906)
"To which part of the lichen does the fruiting body belong, ... View of a microscopic
section through a fruiting body (drawing four inches long). Label. ..."
6. Science of Plant Life: A High School Botany Treating of the Plant and Its by Edgar Nelson Transeau (1921)
"The spores of mushrooms are produced in unthinkable numbers either inside the
fruiting body (puffballs), on the upper surface (morels), or on the under side ..."
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