Raphe meaning

rā'fē'
A seamlike line or ridge between two similar parts of a body organ, as in the scrotum.
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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 joining of the two lateral halves of an organ, as of the tongue.
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A seamlike line or ridge between two similar parts of a body organ, as in the scrotum.
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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.
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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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A groove in the frustule of some diatoms.
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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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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

  • This ridge indicates the point of union of the "raphe" or seed-stalk with the seed; it serves to distinguish the varieties of V.

  • 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.

  • I I 1) is the commonest form amongst angiosperms. In this ovule the apex with the micropyle is turned towards the point of attachment of the funicle to the placenta, the chalaza being situated at the opposite extremity; and the funicle, which runs along the side usually next the placenta, coalesces with the ovule and constitutes the raphe (r), which often forms a ridge.

  • 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.

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