Hypha
//ˈhaɪfə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.
"She lays out how fungal hyphae—countless miles of filaments folded up in every spoon of soil—coax open tree roots and tap into them."
- 2 any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus wordnet
Example
More examples"She lays out how fungal hyphae—countless miles of filaments folded up in every spoon of soil—coax open tree roots and tap into them."
Etymology
From New Latin hypha, from Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”).
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