appressorium

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

Similar words

apiculus prehaustorium haustorium perithecium hilar appendage apothecium peridermium aspergilloma archaesporium paraphysis

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formation development and differentiation is of function to

Word family

appressoria