hypha.

One of the fine branching filaments that make up much of a fungus’s growing body.

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Words that belong together

• fungal hyphae
• branching hyphae

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A single hypha crossed the microscope’s field.

Hyphae spread through the softened wood.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular: hypha; plural: hyphae. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.