Found 2 items, similar to paraphysis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: paraphysis paraphysis n : a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed [also: paraphyses (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Paraphysis Paraphysis \Pa*raph"y*sis\, n.; pl. Paraphyses. [NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + ? growth.] (Bot.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants. [1913 Webster]