transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈra-ˌfīd ]
noun
( plural raph·ides ˈra-ˌfīdz, ˈra-fə-ˌdēz)
Etymology: French & New Latin; French raphide, from New Latin raphides, 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