Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In sponges, a fine needle-shaped spicule having about the same diameter throughout its length.
- noun In botany, one of the acicular crystals, most often composed of oxalate of lime, which occur in bundles in the cells of many plants.
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Also ming aralia, ponytail palm, variegated raphis palm.
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hernesheir commented on the word raphis
Cf. raphide
September 27, 2009