Rachis synonyms

rā'kĭs

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spinal-column
(Anatomy) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that extends from the cranium to the coccyx, which encloses and protects the spinal cord.
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vertebral-column
(Anatomy) The series of vertebrae that protect the spinal cord; the spinal column.
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spine
Anything resembling either of these projections
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back
The part of something that goes last.
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Rachis Sentence Examples

  • Seed, attached to a branch of the rachis bearing two vegetative leaflets.

  • With regard to birds and land shells the relation is much closer to the Comoros species, and the latter, of which I have collected seven species besides Rachis aldabrae, may serve to point out more than the birds the land connexion of Aldabra with the neighbouring countries."

  • The ripe ears of the last hang so as to become almost parallel with the stem; they are narrower and longer than in (b), owing to the grains being placed farther apart on the rachis; it includes the Chevalier variety, one of the best for malting purposes.

  • All the flowers of each triplet of spikelets on both sides of the rachis are fertile and produce ripe fruits; hence the ear produces six longitudinal rows of grain.

  • All the flowers of each triplet are fertile as in (ii.), but the rows are not arranged regularly at equal distances round the rachis.

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