(noun – plant nerd / ferncore slang)
Pronounced "Sorry"
1. Those little brown or golden polka-dots on the underside of a fern frond where the spores are made and stored. Basically: the fern’s version of baby factories, neatly arranged in aesthetic rows.
2. Proof that plants are low-key running complex reproductive operations while you’re just out here thinking it’s “a nice leaf.”
Pronounced "Sorry"
1. Those little brown or golden polka-dots on the underside of a fern frond where the spores are made and stored. Basically: the fern’s version of baby factories, neatly arranged in aesthetic rows.
2. Proof that plants are low-key running complex reproductive operations while you’re just out here thinking it’s “a nice leaf.”
Example 1:
“Once you notice the sori on ferns, you can’t unsee them. It’s like the plant is covered in tiny QR codes for future ferns.”
Example 2:
“Botany exam tomorrow and my brain is just sori, stomata, and regret.”
Side note:
Proper bio speak: sorus (singular), sori (plural) – but “sori” just sounds cooler for slang, so it wins.
“Once you notice the sori on ferns, you can’t unsee them. It’s like the plant is covered in tiny QR codes for future ferns.”
Example 2:
“Botany exam tomorrow and my brain is just sori, stomata, and regret.”
Side note:
Proper bio speak: sorus (singular), sori (plural) – but “sori” just sounds cooler for slang, so it wins.
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