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paraphyses

paraphyses is the plural of paraphysis.

Meaning of paraphysis

Noun

paraphysis (plural paraphyses)

  1. A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
    • Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.1899, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, volumes 6-8, page 192
  2. A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci.
  3. A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.

Questions about paraphyses

What is paraphyses the plural of?
Paraphyses is the plural of paraphysis.

Words near paraphyses in the dictionary

  1. paraphyllum
  2. paraphylum
  3. paraphyly
  4. paraphysate
  5. paraphyseal
  6. paraphyses
  7. paraphysical
  8. paraphysicist
  9. paraphysicists
  10. paraphysics
  11. paraphysiological

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