para-physis

pa·raph·y·sis

[puh-raf-uh-sis]
noun, plural pa·raph·y·ses [-seez] . Botany, Mycology.
one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.

Origin:
1855–60; < Neo-Latin < Greek paráphysis literally, a growing beside, by-growth, equivalent to para- para-1 + phýsis growth, nature; see physic

pa·raph·y·sate, adjective
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paraphysis (pəˈræfɪsɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -ses
any of numerous sterile cells occurring between the sex organs of mosses and algae and between the spore-producing bodies of basidiomycetous and ascomycetous fungi
 
[C19: New Latin from Greek: subsidiary growth, from para-1 + phusis growth]
 
pa'raphysate
 
adj

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paraphysis   (pə-rāf'ĭ-sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural paraphyses (pə-rāf'ĭ-sēz')
One of the erect sterile filaments often occurring among the reproductive organs of certain fungi, algae, and mosses.
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