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rachis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | back, backbone, spinal column, spine, vertebral column |
| Type of | skeletal structure |
| Has types | chine, notochord |
rachis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | axis |
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The middle vein of a compound leaf or a frond, when it is present, is called a rachis.
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Rachis and stipe are covered in white-brown and darker orange-brown scales.
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A unique feature of the Emu feather is its double rachis emerging from a single shaft.
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Tinamou feathers look like those of volant birds in that they have a rachis and two vanes.
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Bristles are stiff, tapering feathers with a large rachis but few barbs.
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Spikelets are arranged in triplets which alternate along the rachis.
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A typical vaned feather features a main shaft, called the rachis.
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Pinnae may be arranged along the rachis either directly opposite one another or alternating up the stem.
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Grapes were prepared by cutting off the rachis 1 to 2 mm from the fruit or by keeping the clusters intact.
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- Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
- Spinal column: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
- The main shaft of either a compound leaf, head of grain, or fern frond; The spine or the vertebrae of the spine; The central shaft of a feather
- The primary axis of the wheat ear, it bears the spikelets.
- The continuation of the stripes in a fern that is divided.
- An extension of a sympodial proliferating conidiogenous cell bearing conidia.
- The straight stem in a kind of flower cluster.
- Plant, Bird. An axial structure such as the central stem of a feather or the main and side stems of an inflorescence (flowerhead).
- In ferns, primary axis of a compound or dissected frond blade.
