n., pl., -li (-lī').
A tiny cushionlike or blisterlike structure produced by certain fungi on a plant host and consisting of a mass of hyphae-bearing asexually produced spores.
[New Latin, diminutive of Latin acervus, heap.]
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acervulus
American Heritage Dictionary:
a·cer·vu·lus |
n., pl., -li (-lī').
A tiny cushionlike or blisterlike structure produced by certain fungi on a plant host and consisting of a mass of hyphae-bearing asexually produced spores.
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
acervulus |
Pl. acervuli [L.] sandy calcifications in or about the pineal body and choroid plexus.
Related topics:
 | Melanconiales (mycology) |
| Acervulus |
| Glossary of phytopathology |
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 | American Heritage Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Saunders Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more |
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