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(botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants..
Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.
Use paraphysis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Paraphysis means (botany) 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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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.
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