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English
Etymology
From New Latin. By surface analysis, appress + -orium.
Noun
appressorium (plural appressoria)
- (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.
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