English Explanatory Dictionary

appressorium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle.

Word forms

appressorium appressoria

Etymology

From New Latin. By surface analysis, appress + -orium.

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