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paraphysis

/puh-raf-uh-sis/US // pəˈræf ə sɪs //UK // (pəˈræfɪsɪs) //

骺线,骨骼旁,骨髓,骺板

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pa·raph·y·ses [puh-raf-uh-seez]. /pəˈræf əˌsiz/. Botany, Mycology.

    • : one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.

Examples

  • Paraphysis, pa-raf′i-sis, n. an erect sterile filament accompanying the sexual organs of some cryptogamous plants:—pl.

  • The morphological significance of the paraphysis is uncertain.

  • Paraphysis: the chitinized thickenings or lateral ingrowths, usually situated at the base of the lobes in certain Diaspid genera.

  • One branched and one unbranched paraphysis of Buellia parasema.

  • The Paraphysis is a projection from the roof of the primitive fore-brain near its anterior end.