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