different between cuticle vs appressorium

English

Etymology

From Middle French cuticule, from Latin cuticula (“cuticle, skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kju?t?k?l/
• Rhymes: -?k?l

Noun

cuticle (plural cuticles)

1. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
2. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
3. Dead or cornified epidermis.
4. (zoology, botany) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.
5. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

Synonyms

• (zoology, botany) (outer protective covering): cuticula

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See also

• nail
• thumbnail
• toenail
• quick

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Noun

appressorium (plural appressoria)

1. (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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