Urophlyctis

noun

Uro·​phlyc·​tis

ˌyu̇rəˈfliktə̇s

: a genus of lower fungi (order Blastocladiales) having a thallus made up of a series of top-shaped cells each with a crown of fingerlike haustoria and connected by slender hyphae see crown wart

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ur- entry 2 + Greek phlyktis blister, boil, from phlyein, phlyzein to boil over

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