"appressorium" meaning in All languages combined

See appressorium on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: appressoria [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|appressoria}} appressorium (plural appressoria)
  1. (mycology) 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. Wikipedia link: appressorium Categories (topical): Mycology Translations (a bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi): apressori [masculine] (Catalan), apressório [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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