raphide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells.

Word forms

raphide raphides raphis rhaphide rhaphis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphís).

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