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单词 rachis
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Definition of rachis in English:

rachis

(also rhachis)
nounPlural rachides ˈreɪkɪsˈreɪkɪs
  • 1Botany
    A stem of a plant, especially a grass, bearing flower stalks at short intervals.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Inflorescences are the terminal toothbrush type, with five to 70 pairs of flowers on a rachis approx. 35-50 mm long.
    • Hordeum spontaneum and H. vulgare are morphologically similar, with the cultivated form having broader leaves, shorter stem and awns, tough ear rachis, a shorter and thicker spike, and larger grains.
    • Not only does it confer the free-threshing character, but also it influences glume keeledness, rachis toughness, spike length, spike type, and culm height.
    • This gene did not affect plant height, indicating that the length of rachis and culm are controlled by independent genetic systems.
    1. 1.1 The midrib of a compound leaf or frond.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Because the Sesbania species have pinnately compound leaves, for defoliation the central rachis of the leaf was cut once halfway along its length.
      • In fact, leaflets were more elongated and more tightly packed along the leaf rachis in older plants, signifying that the mass was distributed closer to the axis of bending in older plants.
      • The basal leaves can be more than 10 cm long and have three to eleven leaflets along their rachis.
      • Leaf width was determined as the sum of the lengths of the two largest leaflets on either side of the rachis.
      • Each leaf has a central rachis to which the many small leaflets are attached.
  • 2Anatomy
    The vertebral column or the cord from which it develops.

    Synonyms
    backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, vertebrae
  • 3Ornithology
    The shaft of a feather, especially the part bearing the barbs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Feathers (i.e., with well-defined rachis and barbs) are, therefore, most reasonably interpreted as having evolved primarily in association with flight, rather than for thermoregulatory purposes.
    • Natal downs frequently lack a rachis, but numerous barbs come together at a common point.
    • A contour feather, as a typical feather, has a complex morphology consisting of a central shaft or rachis to which barbs are attached on two margins to form a vane.
    • Beipiaosaurus and Sinomithosaurus bear short fibers similar to those on Sinosauropteryx, but the structures on Caudipteryx and Protarchaeopteryx are unambiguous feathers, with a central rachis and barbs.
    • Feathers, however bizarre or morphologically complex, consist essentially of a rachis, barbs, and barbules.
    Synonyms
    quill

Origin

Late 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek rhakhis 'spine'. The English plural -ides is by false analogy.

 
 

Definition of rachis in US English:

rachis

(also rhachis)
nounˈreɪkɪsˈrākis
  • 1Botany
    A stem of a plant, especially a grass, bearing flower stalks at short intervals.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Not only does it confer the free-threshing character, but also it influences glume keeledness, rachis toughness, spike length, spike type, and culm height.
    • Hordeum spontaneum and H. vulgare are morphologically similar, with the cultivated form having broader leaves, shorter stem and awns, tough ear rachis, a shorter and thicker spike, and larger grains.
    • This gene did not affect plant height, indicating that the length of rachis and culm are controlled by independent genetic systems.
    • Inflorescences are the terminal toothbrush type, with five to 70 pairs of flowers on a rachis approx. 35-50 mm long.
    1. 1.1 The midrib of a compound leaf or frond.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In fact, leaflets were more elongated and more tightly packed along the leaf rachis in older plants, signifying that the mass was distributed closer to the axis of bending in older plants.
      • The basal leaves can be more than 10 cm long and have three to eleven leaflets along their rachis.
      • Because the Sesbania species have pinnately compound leaves, for defoliation the central rachis of the leaf was cut once halfway along its length.
      • Leaf width was determined as the sum of the lengths of the two largest leaflets on either side of the rachis.
      • Each leaf has a central rachis to which the many small leaflets are attached.
  • 2Anatomy
    The vertebral column or the cord from which it develops.

    Synonyms
    backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, vertebrae
  • 3Ornithology
    The shaft of a feather, especially the part bearing the barbs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A contour feather, as a typical feather, has a complex morphology consisting of a central shaft or rachis to which barbs are attached on two margins to form a vane.
    • Feathers, however bizarre or morphologically complex, consist essentially of a rachis, barbs, and barbules.
    • Natal downs frequently lack a rachis, but numerous barbs come together at a common point.
    • Feathers (i.e., with well-defined rachis and barbs) are, therefore, most reasonably interpreted as having evolved primarily in association with flight, rather than for thermoregulatory purposes.
    • Beipiaosaurus and Sinomithosaurus bear short fibers similar to those on Sinosauropteryx, but the structures on Caudipteryx and Protarchaeopteryx are unambiguous feathers, with a central rachis and barbs.
    Synonyms
    quill

Origin

Late 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek rhakhis ‘spine’. The English plural -ides is by false analogy.

 
 
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