1. (Bot.)
Defn: A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produced ergot.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The nature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
SCLEROTOME
Scler"o*tome ( or ), n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitoins which
separate the myotomes.
— Scler`o*tom"ic, a.
SCLEROUS
Scle"rous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Hard; indurated; sclerotic.
SCOAT
Scoat, v. t.
Defn: To prop; to scotch. [Prov. Eng.]