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[Gr.hyphasma=a thing woven, a web.] [HYPHENE. Bot.: A name applied to the mycelium of the fungals which constitute molds. Berkeley thinks it a usele term. hỹ-phěn, s . [Lat., from Gr. hyphen in or under one, together; hyph- for hypo =under, and hen one thing; neut. of he is one.] A short stroke, line; or mark used between two words to mark that they form a compound word, or are connected, as five leaved : also in writing or printing to connect the syllables of a divided word. hỹ-phěn, v. t. [HYPHEN, 8.] To connect or join by a hyphen.