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Definition of: hypha
(hī′fə) noun plural ·phae (-fē) Bot.
A long, threadlike, usually branching body in the thallus of a fungus: the vegetative hyphae, as opposed to the reproductive ones, constitute the mycelium of fungi. [<NL <Gk. hyphē web]
—hy′phal adjective
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