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periphyses

periphyses is the plural of periphysis.

Meaning of periphysis

Noun

periphysis (countable and uncountable, plural periphyses)

  1. A short, sterile hypha that develops from above the ascus and grows down a short distance, typically lining the internal walls of the ostiole in a perithecium.

Questions about periphyses

What is periphyses the plural of?
Periphyses is the plural of periphysis.

Words near periphyses in the dictionary

  1. periphrastic conjugations
  2. periphrastical
  3. periphrastically
  4. periphrasticity
  5. periphysate
  6. periphyses
  7. periphysis
  8. periphysoid
  9. periphysoidal
  10. periphysoids
  11. periphytic

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