sorosis

[ suh-roh-sis ]

/ səˈroʊ sɪs /

a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.

Origin of sorosis

1825–35; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek sōr(ós) heap + New Latin -ōsis -osis

sorosis ²

[ suh-roh-sis ]

/ səˈroʊ sɪs /

a women's society or club.

after the name of a club established in 1868; based on Latin soror sister

We knew that he disliked women in every form, Sorosis and Anti-Sorosis, bitter and sweet alike.

Buffalo Land |W. E. Webb
He'd have been all right if he'd been a girl—or married to a president of Sorosis, or a daughter of the Present Revolution!

Her Own Way |Clyde Fitch
One lady, (a member of Sorosis, we believe,) said that she thought it tasted like a pear.

Punchinello, Vol. 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 |Various
Had a good rest and a short walk and went to Sorosis dinner, which was very brilliant and fine.

Julia Ward Howe |Laura E. Richards

Mrs. Irving M. Scott, president of Sorosis, received the Congress socially in her elegant home.

The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV |Various

sorosis

/ (səˈrəʊsɪs) /

a fleshy multiple fruit, such as that of the pineapple and mulberry, formed from flowers that are crowded together on a fleshy stem

C19: from New Latin, from Greek sōros a heap