Paraphysis

[pә'ræfisis]

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

Checker: Scott--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.

Checker: Mollie

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

Checker: Zelig