appressorium

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.

2. The flattened thickened tip of a hyphal branch by which some parasitic fungi attach to and penetrate their host.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
appressorium	18	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
pauperisms	16

12 Letters	Scrabble® Points
appressorium	18