pa·raph·y·sis (p -r f  -ss)n. pl. pa·raph·y·ses (-s  z ) One of the erect sterile filaments often occurring among the reproductive organs of certain fungi, algae, and mosses. [New Latin : para- + Greek phusis, nature, growth; see physic.] |
paraphysis [pəˈræfɪsɪs]
n pl -ses [-ˌsiːz]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of numerous sterile cells occurring between the sex organs of mosses and algae and between the spore-producing bodies of basidiomycetous and ascomycetous fungi
[New Latin from Greek: subsidiary growth, from para-1 + phusis growth]
paraphysate adj
| paraphysis (p-rf-ss) Plural paraphyses (p -rf-sz) One of the erect sterile filaments often occurring among the reproductive organs of certain fungi, algae, and mosses. |
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