Rachilla Definition

rə-kĭlə
rachillae
noun
The central stalk of a grass spikelet, to which the glumes and florets are attached.
Webster's New World

(botany) A rachis of secondary or higher order in leaves and ferns that are compound more than once.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Rachilla

Noun

Singular:
rachilla
Plural:
rachillae

Origin of Rachilla

  • New Latin diminutive of rachis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rachilla Sentence Examples

  • It frequently extends downwards a little on the rachilla, forming with the latter a swollen callus, which is separated from the free portion by a furrow.

  • In many-flowered spikelets the rachilla is often jointed and breaks into as many pieces as there are fruits, each piece bearing a glume and pale.

  • Rachilla not produced beyond the flowers.

  • Spikelets oneto indefinite-flowered; in the one-flowered the rachilla frequently produced beyond the flower; rachilla generally jointed above the empty glumes, which remain after the fruiting glumes have fallen.

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