germ tube
Britishnoun
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The germ tube is rather smaller at its base than further on.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
The oospore on germination usually gives origin to a zoosporangium, but may form directly a germ tube which infects the host.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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