Definitions for raphides

raphides raph·i·des

Spelling: [raf-i-deez]
IPA: /ˈræf ɪˌdiz/

Raphides is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 487 anagrams from letters in raphides (adehiprs).

Definitions for raphides

plural noun

  1. acicular crystals, usually composed of calcium oxalate, that occur in bundles in the cells of many plants.

Origin of raphides

1835-45; New Latin Greek rhaphídes, plural of rhaphís needle

Examples for raphides

Under the microscope the raphides seemed as plentiful as in the case of the two acrid plants.

The microscope showed it to be free from oxalate of lime or other raphides.

Some of these cells contain bundles of raphides (Fig. 2), one of which bundles is shown crushed in Fig.

The filtered ether was clear, entirely free from raphides, and had also lost every trace of its acridity.

Under the microscope the slide was found to be covered with a mass of raphides.

The fuchsia and tradescantia contained bundles of raphides of the same form and equally as fine as those of the acrid plants.

Word Value for raphides
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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