English Explanatory Dictionary

rachilla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The part of a spikelet, in grasses and sedges, that bears the florets
  2. A rachis of secondary or higher order in leaves and ferns that are compound more than once.

Word forms

rachilla rachillas rachillae rhachilla

Etymology

From Latin rachilla, diminutive of rachis.

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