Meaning Of The Word Paraphysis

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paraphysis in American English
a sterile, threadlike part found with the spore-bearing organs of some ferns and mosses
noun: one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns

paraphysis in British English
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

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