noun (plural ~s) Etymology: French & New Latin; French ~, from New Latin ~s, plural, from Greek rhaphides, plural of rhaphid-, rhaphis needle, from rhaptein Date: circa 1842 any of the needle-shaped crystals usually of calcium oxalate that develop as metabolic by-products in plant cells
RAPHIDE
Meaning of RAPHIDE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012