PARAPHYSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: paraphyses   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("paraphysis" is a kind of...):

fibril; filament; strand (a very slender natural or synthetic fiber)

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