Rā'chis, n.
[Gr. ῥάξις. See supra.] [Also rhachis.]
Sense 1. (Anat.) The vertebral column.
Sense 2. (Bot.) The axis of several kinds of inflorescence;—sometimes applied to the stipe of a fern, but not properly. Lindley.
[Gr. ῥάξις. See supra.] [Also rhachis.]
Sense 1. (Anat.) The vertebral column.
Sense 2. (Bot.) The axis of several kinds of inflorescence;—sometimes applied to the stipe of a fern, but not properly. Lindley.