Definition of Rachillae

1. Noun. (plural of rachilla) ¹

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Definition of Rachillae

1. rachilla [n] - See also: rachilla

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rachillae

raches
rachet
rachet up
racheted
racheting
rachets
rachi-
rachial
rachialgia
rachicentesis
rachides
rachidial
rachidian
rachigraph
rachilla
rachillae (current term)
rachillas
rachilysis
rachiocampsis
rachiocentesis
rachiochysis
rachiodont
rachiometer
rachiometers
rachiopagus
rachiopathy
rachioplegia
rachiotome
rachiotomies

Literary usage of Rachillae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Small Grains by Mark Alfred Carleton (1920)
"Kernels with long-haired rachillae and lodicules and with teeth on the ... Kernels with short-haired more or less woolly rachillae, and lodicules and ..."

2. The Indian Forester (1876)
"rachillae elongate, hence the florets loosely arranged ... rachillae short and hidden, hence the florets very crowded and close. ..."

3. The Indian Forester; a Quarterly Magazine of Forestry (1876)
"rachillae elongate, hence the florets loosely arranged without hiding the ... rachillae short and hidden, hence (he florets very crowded and close. ..."

4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"... brevibus vel articulis rachillae elevati.— Tab. XIII. Thinly carpeting, here and there, the calcareous plains around Tehuacan in eastern Puebla, ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1911)
"... reality a contracted panicle in which the rachillae are much reduced, giving the inflorescence a spike- like appearance. Each flower, which with its two ..."

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