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PARAPHYSIS (paraphyses)
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Irregular inflected form: paraphyses
Dictionary entry overview: What does paraphysis mean?
• PARAPHYSIS (noun)
The noun PARAPHYSIS has 1 sense:
1. a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
Familiarity information: PARAPHYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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