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rachis
or 谤丑补路肠丑颈蝉
[ rey-kis ]
noun
plural rachises, rachides
- Botany.
- the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
- (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
- any of various axial structures.
- Ornithology. the part of the shaft of a feather bearing the web.
- Anatomy. spinal column.
rachis
/ 藞re瑟k瑟s; 藞re瑟k瑟蓹l; r蓹藞k瑟d瑟蓹l /
noun
- botany the main axis or stem of an inflorescence or compound leaf
- ornithol the shaft of a feather, esp the part that carries the barbs
- another name for spinal column
rachis
- A main axis or shaft, such as the main stem of an inflorescence, the stalk of a pinnately compound leaf, the shaft of a feather, or the spinal column.
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Derived Forms
- rachial, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 谤补路肠丑颈诲路颈路补苍 [r, uh, -, kid, -ee-, uh, n], 谤补路肠丑颈路补濒 [rey, -kee-, uh, l], 谤补路肠丑颈诲顎僫路补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of rachis1
1775鈥85; < New Latin < Greek 谤丑谩肠丑颈蝉 spine, ridge, backbone
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of rachis1
C17: via New Latin from Greek rhakhis ridge
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Example Sentences
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鈥淭he thickness of the rachis in some specimens is 3 microns thick. That鈥檚 less than the size of the average cell,鈥 O鈥機onnor says.
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It had a magenta rachis down the center with soft green vanes that shimmered yellow and purple and blue depending on how you turned it.
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But this specimen lacked the rachis; it just had barbs and barbules down its ribbonlike tail.
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Their structure suggests that the two finest tiers of branching in modern feathers, known as barbs and barbules, arose before the rachis formed.
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Fruit.鈥擣leshy, coalescent and sunk in the rachis.
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