paraphysis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed

WordNet

Pa*raph"y*sis noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. beside + growth.
Wordforms
plural Paraphyses
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.

Webster 1913