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Definition of: appressor
(ə·pres′ər) noun Bot.
The expansion at the tip of the hyphae of certain parasitic fungi, by means of which they fasten on to the host. Also ap·pres·so·ri·um (ap′rə·sôr′ē·əm, -sō′rē-).
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