Raphe Definition

rāfē
raphae, raphe
noun
A seamlike joining of the two lateral halves of an organ, as of the tongue.
Webster's New World
A ridge of tissue along the side of an ovule, indicating the position of the vascular bundle which supplies the developing seed.
Webster's New World
The median groove of a diatom valve.
American Heritage Medicine
The line of union of the two carpels in the fruit of members of the umbel family.
Webster's New World
A longitudinal fissure along the center of certain diatom shells.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Raphe

Noun

Singular:
raphe
Plural:
raphae, raphes

Origin of Raphe

  • 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").

    From Wiktionary

Raphe Sentence Examples

  • The levatores ani have been separated along the median raphe, and drawn outwards.

  • There are five, or sometimes fewer, carpels, which unite to form an ovary with as many chambers, in each of which are one or two, rarely more, pendulous anatropous ovules, attached to the central column in such a way that the micropyle points outwards and the raphe is turned towards the placenta.

  • Then if a second integument be formed it covers all the free part of the ovule, but does not form on the side to which the raphe is adherent.

  • The connexion between the base of the ovule and the base of the nucellus is kept up by means of the raphe r.

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Words Starting With

RRARAP

Words Ending With

EHEPHE

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