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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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