raphe
[rey-fee]
- Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- Botany.
- (in certain ovules) a ridge connecting the hilum with the chalaza.
- a median line or slot on a cell wall of a diatom.
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Origin of raphe
1745–55; < New Latin < Greek rhaphḗ seam, suture, akin to rháptein to sew, stitch together
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The raphe runs through the parenchyma found in the cleft of the berry.
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Dr. Whitaker reads Raphe, which is undoubtedly the ancient form.
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Raphe, you are my mate, and your eyes are my stars, in which I read my destiny.
And Raphe as your king interrupted Zulmiera, in hurried accents.
Ward obtained the unexpected result that it was confined to the raphe of the seed.
raphe
- an elongated ridge of conducting tissue along the side of certain seeds
- a longitudinal groove on the valve of a diatom
- anatomy a connecting ridge, such as that between the two halves of the medulla oblongata
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Word Origin
C18: via New Latin from Greek rhaphē a seam, from rhaptein to sew together
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Word Origin and History for raphe
n.
"seam, suture" (medical), 1753, medical Latin, from Greek rhaphe "seam, suture (of a skull)," from rhaptein "to sew together, stitch" (see wrap).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
raphe
- A seamlike line or ridge between two similar parts of a body organ, as in the scrotum.
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raphe
[rā′fē′]
- 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.
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