Aspergillus Definition

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aspergillus
noun
Any of various fungi of the genus Aspergillus, which includes many common molds.
American Heritage
Any of a widespread genus (Aspergillus) of ascomycetous fungi bearing chains of spores attached to stalks on the swollen end of a threadlike branch: their purified enzymes are used in food production.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Aspergillus
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Trichocomaceae — numerous aerobic molds.

Wiktionary

Origin of Aspergillus

  • New Latin Aspergillus genus name from aspergillum aspergillum (from the resemblance of its conidiophore to an aspergillum brush) aspergillum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin aspergillum (“holy water sprinkler”), after their shape as viewed through a microscope.

    From Wiktionary

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