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paraphysis
[ puh-raf-uh-sis ]
noun
Botany, Mycology.
plural paraphyses
- one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
paraphysis
/ əˈæɪɪ /
noun
- 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
paraphysis
/ ə-ă′ĭ-ĭ /
, Plural paraphyses ə-ă′ĭ-ŧ′
- One of the erect sterile filaments often occurring among the reproductive organs of certain fungi, algae, and mosses.
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Derived Forms
- 貹ˈٱ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms
- 貹···ٱ [p, uh, -, raf, -, uh, -sit], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of paraphysis1
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of paraphysis1
C19: New Latin from Greek: subsidiary growth, from para- 1+ phusis growth
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Example Sentences
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In some species, however, the paraphyses are rare, and the mucilaginous substance is entirely wanting.
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Still further examination will show that this fructification consists of cylindrical asci, each enclosing eight elliptical sporidia, closely packed together, and mixed with slender threads called paraphyses.
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These asci are generally intermixed with slender, empty asci, or sterile cells, called paraphyses.
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The spore-bearing cells are basidia; the others are called paraphyses.
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F, spore sacs and paraphyses of Usnea, × 300.
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