noun, 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.
noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
- any of numerous sterile cells occurring between the sex organs of mosses and algae and between the spore-producing bodies of basidiomycetous and ascomycetous fungi
Plural paraphyses (pə-răf′ĭ-sēz′)
- One of the erect sterile filaments often occurring among the reproductive organs of certain fungi, algae, and mosses.