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Definition of: paraphysis

(pə·rafə·sis) noun plural ·ses (-sēz) Bot.
A sterile unicellular or pluricellular filament or narrow plate accompanying sexual or sporogenous organs found in certain mosses and other cryptogams. [<NL <Gk. para- beside, subsidiary + physis growth]

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