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单词 fruiting body
释义

fruiting body

noun

plural fruiting bodies
: a structure (as of a moss or liverwort) specialized for producing spores
especially : the spore-producing organ of a fungus or slime mold : sporophore

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The fruiting body of a parasitic fungus erupts from the body of its victim. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022 If the mushroom is the fruiting body (think apples or oranges), the mycelium is the rest of the tree: roots, branches, and all. William Ralston, Wired, 26 July 2022 Knowledge is the fruiting body of light whose shadows dog us. Donna Kane, Scientific American, 21 June 2022 Knowledge is the fruiting body of light at the end of traveling through our nights. Donna Kane, Scientific American, 21 June 2022 Comatricha nigra pushing up a single fruiting body. Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2022 Truffles, like mushrooms, are the fruiting body of a larger fungal organism, biologically designed to spread spore and therefore, said fungus. Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2021 Keep in mind that a mushroom is merely the fruiting body of a fungus that most of the time lives as fine white filaments of mycelium. Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020 The only part that is eaten is usually the edge of the fruiting body. Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

fruiting body

noun

fruit·​ing body ˈfrüt-iŋ- How to pronounce fruiting body (audio)
: a plant organ specialized for producing spores
especially : sporophore
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