Definitions for rhachis

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rhachis rha·chis

Spelling: [rey-kis]

IPA: /ˈreɪ kɪs/

Rhachis is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in rhachis (achhirs).

Definitions for rhachis

noun

1. rachis.
2. Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
3. Ornithology. the part of the shaft of a feather bearing the web.
4. Anatomy. spinal column.

Origin of rhachis

1775-85; New Latin Greek rháchis spine, ridge, backbone

Examples for rhachis

rhachis hairy at the base of the flowers, ending in a naked pedicel.

The lower valve of the calyx turned to the rhachis is more than twice as small as the upper.

Spikelets 3–12-flowered, somewhat terete, the rhachis with bearded joints; terminal flower abortive.