‖n.; pl.Sori [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; 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. ]
[しのぶ, shinobu] (n) (1) (uk) Davallia mariesii (species of fern); (2) (See 軒忍) Lepisorus thunbergiana (species of fern); (3) (See 襲の色目) color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); (4) (abbr) (See 忍髷) ancient women's hairstyle; (5) (abbr) (See 忍摺) clothing patterned using the fern Davallia mariesii#3315