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Definition of Raphides
1. n. pl. See Rhaphides.
Definition of Raphides
1. Noun. (plural of raphide) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Raphides
1. raphis [n] - See also: raphis
Medical Definition of Raphides
1. Needle-like crystals that occur in bundles in the vacuoles of some plant cells. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raphides
Literary usage of Raphides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"The blood-discs of Amphiuma arc the largest now known, supplanting, in this
respect, those of the familiar Proteus. raphides AND PLANT-CRYSTALS. ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1861)
"On the raphides of Lemnaceae. By GEORGE GULLIVER, FRS 1. Lemna minor. Fronds abounding
in bundles of acicular crystals and starch-granules. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"448, 449, 1896, translating literally: " That in numerous cases the crystals of
calcium oxalate, when they occur as raphides or spear-shaped crystals, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"THE PROTECTIVE FUNCTION OF raphides. To THE EDITOR OF SCIENCE: In view of Dr.
Wiley's interesting account (printed in SCIENCE of July 24) of the raphides of ..."
5. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"Deposits of Mineral matter in a crystalline condition, known as raphides, are
not unfrequently found in vegetable cells; where they are at ..."
6. Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1875)
"Such crystals were accordingly called raphides, ie needle-shaped bodies, — a name
which has been extended to include all crystals in plants, ..."
7. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"But, while raphides protect against some animals, they do not against all. ...
In a similar manner to these plants with raphides, some species of iris are ..."
8. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1866)
"I could find no raphides in dried leaves of Eriocaulon ... In our indigenous
species of Luzula and Juncus I have in vain searched for raphides. ..."
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