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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paraphysis
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.
Wiktionary
paraphysis
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.
WordNet
paraphysis
n. a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
[also: paraphyses (pl)]
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.