ACERVULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acervulus mean? 

• ACERVULUS (noun)
  The noun ACERVULUS has 1 sense:

1. small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi

  Familiarity information: ACERVULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACERVULUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("acervulus" is a kind of...):

fruiting body (an organ specialized for producing spores)