Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
rachilla .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.
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- noun botany A
branch ofinflorescence ; thezigzag axis on which theflorets are arranged in thespikelets ofgrasses .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek the spine.
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