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#90208
12/23/2002 10:20 PM
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sorosis
n.,
pl. 3ses 73scz8 5ModL < Gr sbros, a heap: see SOMA16 a multiple fruit formed by the merging of many flowers into a fleshy mass, as in the mulberry
From New Scientist, 16 Nov 2002:
"The pineapple fruit is created by the fusion of between 100 and 200 indivisual fruitlets that are
embedded in a fleshy edible stem. The ovary of each flower becomes a berry, and all the berries
coalesce into one solid structure. This is referred to as a multiple fruit or sorosis.
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#90209
12/24/2002 12:47 AM
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sorosis n., a multiple fruit formed by the merging of many flowers into a fleshy mass
It just begs for alternative definitions.
sorosis - the condition of having a sister
or
sorosis - said female sibling is unhappy
or even
sorosis - an inflamed waterhole (and don't tell me "no way!") [read "no "a"!]
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#90210
12/24/2002 2:39 AM
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Sorosis - emotional reaction of small boy with bossy older siters.
N.B. I never had a sister, and might be more civilized if i had had one.
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#90211
12/24/2002 1:45 PM
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the "heartbreak of sorosis"? N.B. I never had a sister, and might be more civilized if i had had one.I have three older sisters, not sure how civilized I am... 
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