Raphe definition

rāfē

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(anatomy, botany) A ridge or seam on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, especially at the join between two halves or sections.

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A ridge of tissue along the side of an ovule, indicating the position of the vascular bundle which supplies the developing seed.

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The line of union of the two carpels in the fruit of members of the umbel family.

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A longitudinal fissure along the center of certain diatom shells.

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(botany) The portion of the funiculus that is united to the ovule wall, commonly visible as a line or ridge on the seed coat.

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The median groove of a diatom valve.

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A seamlike line or ridge between two similar parts of a body organ, as in the scrotum.

The portion of the funiculus that is united to the ovule wall, commonly visible as a line or ridge on the seed coat.

A groove in the frustule of some diatoms.

(anatomy) A seamlike line or ridge between two similar parts of a body organ, as in the scrotum.

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(botany) The portion of the funiculus that is united to the ovule wall, commonly visible as a line or ridge on the seed coat.

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The median groove of a diatom valve.

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(anat.) A seamlike joining of the two lateral halves of an organ, as of the tongue.

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(anatomy) A seamlike line or ridge between two similar parts of a body organ, as in the scrotum.

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Other Word Forms

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raphe

Plural:

raphae, raphes

New Latin from Greek rhaphē seam, suture from rhaptein to sew wer-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥαφή (rhaphÄ“, “seam").

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