APPRESSORIUM


Meaning of APPRESSORIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-pre-ˈsȯr-ē-əm ]

noun

( plural ap·pres·so·ria -ē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin apprimere

Date: 1897

: the flattened thickened tip of a hyphal branch by which some parasitic fungi attach to and penetrate their host

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.