dichophysis

noun

di·​choph·​y·​sis

dīˈkäfəsə̇s

plural -es

: a regularly and dichotomously branching sterile hyphal end in the hymenium of certain fungi

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from dich- + Greek physis nature

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