SINCE 1828
appressorium
noun
ap·pres·so·ri·um
| \ ˌa-pre-ˈsȯr-ē-əm
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plural appressoria\ -ē-ə
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Definition of appressorium
: the flattened thickened tip of a hyphal branch by which some parasitic fungi attach to and penetrate their host
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