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[suh-roh-sis]

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noun, plural so·ro·ses

[-seez] . Botany.

a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.

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Origin:
1825–35; < Neo-Latin, equivalent to Greek sōr(ós) heap + Neo-Latin -ōsis -osis

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noun, plural so·ro·ses

[-seez] , so·ro·sis·es.

a women's society or club.

Origin:
after the name of a club established in 1868; based on Latin soror sister

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sorosis (səˈrəʊsɪs)

—n , pl -ses
	a fleshy multiple fruit, such as that of the pineapple and mulberry, formed from flowers that are crowded together on a fleshy stem

[C19: from New Latin, from Greek sōros a heap]

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