[ちょれい;チョレイ, chorei ; chorei] (n) (See 猪苓舞茸) umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine) [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sclerotium \Scle*ro"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Sclerotia}. [NL., fr. Gr.
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the
{Claviceps purpurea}, which produces ergot.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sclerotium
n 1: form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia;
some cause sclerotium disease in plants [syn: {Sclerotium},
{genus Sclerotium}]
2: compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium
constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true
fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth
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