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paraphyses

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noun

Say it like: Par-afy-ses

The correct spelling is paraphyses. A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.

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noun

  1. 1.A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
  2. 2.A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.

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