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Webster 1913 Edition

Hyphae

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Hy′phæ

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ὑφή
a web.]
(Bot.)
The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.

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