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What is a paraphysis?

What is a paraphysis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
  2. (anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.
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The paraphysis is a projection from the roof of the primitive fore-brain near its anterior end.
The morphological significance of the paraphysis is uncertain.

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