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Rachis

noun

(pl. E. rachises, L. rachides) (Written also rhachis)

Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence.

The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord. Synonyms: back, backbone, spinal column, spine, vertebral column.

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"Rachis" Quotes from Famous Books

... could see would be worth seeing. I know not that I found many rare or new things that day. I recollect, amid the endless variety of objects, Film-ferns of various delicate species, some growing in the moss tree-trunks, some clasping the trunk itself by horizontal lateral fronds, while the main rachis climbed straight up many feet, thus embracing the stem in a network of semi-transparent green Guipure lace. I recollect, too, a coarse low fern {245} on stream-gravel which was remarkable, because its stem was set with thick green prickles. I ...

— At Last • Charles Kingsley

Words linked to "Rachis" : chine, tail bone, skeletal structure, coccyx, notochord, axial skeleton, backbone, spinal canal, vertebral canal, intervertebral disk, axis, canalis vertebralis, intervertebral disc, vertebra, spinal column