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rhachis

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rha=chis

CIDE DICTIONARY

rhachisn. [See Rachis.].
  •  The spine.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.  [1913 Webster]

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