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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhaphe  \Rha"phe\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ???  seam,  fr  ???  to  sew.  ] 
  (Bot.) 
  The  continuation  of  the  seed  stalk  along  the  side  of  an 
  anatropous  ovule  or  seed,  forming  a  ridge  or  seam.  [Written 
  also  {raphe}.]  --Gray. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raphe  \Ra"phe\  (r[=a]"f[-e]),  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  a  seam  or 
  suture,  fr  ?  to  sew  or  stitch  together.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  A  line  ridge,  furrow,  or  band  of  fibers, 
  especially  in  the  median  line  as  the  raphe  of  the 
  tongue. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  Same  as  {Rhaph?}. 




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