paraphysis (English, noun)
expansion: paraphysis (plural paraphyses)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.
Forms:
form: paraphyses
tags: plural