Paraphysis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the erect sterile filaments often occurring among the reproductive organs of certain fungi, algae, and mosses.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An erect, usuallycolorless,sterile, unicellular or pluricellular filament or plate accompanying the spore-bearing or sexual organs of cryptogamous plants.
  • n. An outgrowth of the roof of the fore-brain, developed in front of the epiphysis, in the hinder region of the prosencephalon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    strand    fibril    filament   
    Cross Reference
    paraphysis envelop   
    Variant
    paraphyses   
     
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