PARAPHYSIS


Meaning of PARAPHYSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pə-ˈra-fə-səs ]

noun

( plural pa·raph·y·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, sucker, offshoot, from paraphyein to produce at the side, from para- + phyein to bring forth — more at be

Date: 1857

: one of the slender sterile filaments borne among the sporogenous or gametogenous organs in certain ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi

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