Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - rachis
Rachis
rachis
n. (pl. rachides) 1 Bot. a a stem of grass etc. bearing flower-stalks at short intervals. b the axis of a compound leaf or frond. 2 Anat. the vertebral column or the cord from which it develops. 3 Zool. a feather-shaft, esp. the part bearing the barbs. Derivatives rachidial adj. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk rhakhis spine: the E pl. -ides is erron.
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noun (plural ~es; also rachides) Etymology: New Latin rachid-, ~, from Greek rhachis; akin to Greek rhachos thorn, Lithuanian ražas dry twig, tine Date: 1785 an axial structure: as, a. the elongated axis of an inflorescence, an extension of the petiole of a compound leaf that bears the leaflets, the distal part of the shaft of a feather that bears the web, spinal column ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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