paraphysis

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ -physis.

Noun

paraphysis (plural paraphyses)

  1. (botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
    • 1899, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, volumes 6-8, page 192:
      Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.
  2. (mycology) A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci.
  3. (anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.

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