Definitions For Sorosis

Etymology 1

From "heap".

Noun

SOROSIS (plural soroses) (botany) Any multiple fruit, usually fleshy, that is derived from the multiple ovary, ovaries in an infructescence. Such a structure typically includes remnants of floral tissues such as the perianth. Examples include the mulberry and pineapple.

Etymology 2

According to Webster Suppl. 1879, an arbitrary use of the botanical term, adopted as the name of the first club of the kind, founded in 1868.Murray, J.A.H. The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (2 vols). Publisher: Oxford University Press. 1971. ISBN: 978-0198611172 It follows that it shares the same etymology, referring to aggregation, rather than the etymology of sorority, which referred to sisterhood.

Noun

SOROSIS (plural soroses) (US historical) A women's club; a society to further the educational and social activities of women.

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