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paraphysis

[ puh-raf-uh-sis ]

noun

Botany, Mycology.
plural paraphyses
  1. one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.


paraphysis

/ əˈæɪɪ /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

paraphysis

/ ə-ăĭ-ĭ /

, Plural paraphyses ə-ăĭ-ŧ′

  1. 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

1855–60; < New Latin < Greek 貹á literally, a growing beside, by-growth, equivalent to para- para- 1 + ý growth, nature; physic
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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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