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hypha

Noun CEFR B1
ˈhaɪfə

Definitions

Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.

Equivalents

Españolhifa
Françaishyphe
DeutschHyphe
13 more languages
Bosanskihifa
Catalàhifa
Hrvatskihifa
Bahasa Indonesiahifa
Italianoifa
Polskistrzępka
Portuguêshifa
Românăhifă
Српскиhifa
Svenskahyf
Tagaloghiblay

Examples

She lays out how fungal hyphae—countless miles of filaments folded up in every spoon of soilcoax open tree roots and tap into them.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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