| 单词 |
paraphysis |
| 释义 |
‖ paraphysis Bot.|pəˈræfɪsɪs| Also ˈparaphyse. Pl. -physes. [mod.L., f. Gr. παρα- para-1 1, in sense ‘by-’ or ‘subsidiary’ + ϕύσις growth; so F. paraphyse.] A sterile filament accompanying the reproductive organs in certain cryptogams.
1857Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. 270 Abortive asci, known under the name of paraphyses. 1858Carpenter Veg. Phys. §759 Among the spore-cases lie sterile filaments, termed paraphyses, which serve to bind them together. 1870Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) 367 Among the antheridia there are..found slender cellular jointed threads called paraphyses. Hence paraphysate |pəˈræfɪsət| a., having or producing paraphyses (Cent. Dict. 1890); paraphyˈsiferous, bearing paraphyses (Mayne 1857). |

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