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rachis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rachis  \Ra"chis\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Rachises},  L.  {Rachides}.  [NL., 
  fr  Gr  ?  ?.]  [Written  also  {rhachis}.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  The  spine;  the  vertebral  column. 
 
  2.  (Bot.  &  Zo["o]l.)  Same  as  {Rhachis}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rachis 
  n  :  axis  of  a  compound  leaf  or  compound  inflorescence 




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