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appressoria

appressoria is the plural of appressorium.

Meaning of appressorium

Noun

appressorium (plural appressoria)

  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.

Questions about appressoria

What is appressoria the plural of?
Appressoria is the plural of appressorium.

Words near appressoria in the dictionary

  1. appressed-squamulose
  2. appressedly
  3. appresses
  4. appressing
  5. appression
  6. appressoria
  7. appressorial
  8. appressorium
  9. appretiate
  10. appretiated
  11. appretiates

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