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paraphysis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paraphysis  \Pa*raph"y*sis\,  n.;  pl  {Paraphyses}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr 
  ?  beside  +  ?  growth.]  (Bot.) 
  A  minute  jointed  filament  growing  among  the  archegonia  and 
  antheridia  of  mosses,  or  with  the  spore  cases,  etc.,  of  other 
  flowerless  plants. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paraphysis 
  n  :  a  sterile  simple  or  branched  filament  or  hair  borne  among 
  sporangia;  may  be  pointed  or  clubbed 




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