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A sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia
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paraphysis
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed [also: paraphyses (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paraphysis \Pa*raph"y*sis\, n.; pl. Paraphyses . [NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + ? growth.] (Bot.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
Usage examples of paraphysis.
This hymenium is composed of a number of swollen, club-shaped cells, called basidia, and close to them, side by side, are sterile, elongated cells, named paraphyses.