Usually means: Multiple fruits fused from flowers.
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  1. sorosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. sorosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sorosis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Sorosis, sorosis: Wordnik
  5. sorosis: Wiktionary
  6. sorosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. sorosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Sorosis, sorosis: Dictionary.com
  9. Sorosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Sorosis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. sorosis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Sorosis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. sorosis: FreeDictionary.org
  14. sorosis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. sorosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sorosis)

noun:  (botany) Any multiple fruit, usually fleshy, that is derived from the multiple ovaries in an infructescence. Such a structure typically includes remnants of floral tissues such as the perianth. Examples include the mulberry and pineapple.
noun:  (US historical) A women's club; a society to further the educational and social activities of women.

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