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Women's society
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sorosis
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Word definitions for sorosis in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"consolidated fleshy multiple fruit" (such as a pineapple), 1831, from Modern Latin, from Greek soros "a heap."
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sorosis \So*ro"sis\, n. [NL. See Sororize .] A woman's club; an association of women. [U. S.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) Any multiple fleshy fruit that is derived from the ovary of multiple flowers 2 (context dated English) A women's club; a society to further the educational and social activities of women.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sorosis was the first professional women's club in the United States . The club was organized in New York City with 12 members in March 1868, by Jane Cunningham Croly . Among its founding members were Josephine Pollard , a children's author, and Fanny Fern ...
Usage examples of sorosis.
A pineapple plant produces slowly, only one fruit at the end of two years—technically it is a sorosis or bundle of fruits, each of the composite squares being the result of a separate flower—but when the fruit has matured, the plant offers four separate ways of propagating new plants: the crown of the pineapple fruit can be carefully torn off and planted.