appressorium

The English word “appressorium” has 1 meaning listed here.

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.

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

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