Paraphysis

[pә'ræfisis]

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

录入:斯科特--From WordNet

(n.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.

编辑:陌莉

n. an erect sterile filament accompanying the sexual organs of some cryptogamous plants:—pl. Paraph′ysēs.

校对:齐利格