paraphysis

Noun

 * 1)  A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
 * 2)  A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci.
 * 3)  A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.

Derived terms

 * paraphysate